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EVAPORATING FRUIT, 



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Preface, 1 

To the Public, 2 

Evaporating Fruit, , . . . . 3 

Importance of this American Industry 5 

Characteristics of Evaporated Fruit and Process, 6 

Evaporating Fruit as a Business, 6 

The Fruit Crops of the United States 8 

Profits in Evaporating Fruit, 9 

Principles of the American Evaporator, 10 

The American Evaporator as a Household Necessity, 12 

The American Evaporator Illustrated, 12 

How to Operate the American, 16 

Our Patrons' Circular, '7 

Preparing Fruit for the Evaporator, 17 

To Prepare Evaporated Fruit for the Table, 18 

Our Competitive Record, J 8 

Extracts from Patrons' Letters, 20 

Our Patents, 4 2 

Answer to Correspondents, 4 2 

Portable Furnace and Boiler, 46 

Frick & Co. Engines, &c, 47 

Price List, 48 






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REPUTATION which endures and increases with the progress of 
time, and, after the lapse of years, is more widely and firmly 
established than ever before, can only be founded upon superior 
merit. 

This is briefly the history of the American Fruit Evaporator. No other tes- 
timony can be so convincing in this regard as the acts and words of the users 
of the Evaporator. They are judges of whose competency there can be no 
doubt, and the successful operation of the Evaporator in their hands, under all 
conditions and circumstances, has elicited such eulogy as nothing but the highest 
degree of excellence could command. 

We present a few, and only a few, of these voluntary encomiums. The pop- 
ularity of the American Evaporator and its increasing sale have led to greatly in- 
creased facilities and invested capital, and we now represent the most exten- 
sive and best equipped establishment devoted to this industry, in this or any 
other country. Such improvements are made from time to time as mechanical 
science and the development of manufacturing industry and special uses show 
to be feasible and useful ; thus maintaining its position as the best for general as 
well as special purposes. Producers of fruit in all parts of the world have come 
to regard our manual and Evaporator as almost indispensable. In addition to 
a description of recent valuable improvements in the Evaporator, we add a 
large variety of practical information not elsewhere found, and we ask for it 
attentive perusal and careful preservation. 

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 

Waynesboro', Franklin Co., Pa. 



The American Fruit Evaporator. 



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ITH thankful recognition for past and increasing favors, we pre- 
sent our revised catalogue. No effort will be spared to maintain, 
and, if possible, to raise the standard which our Evaporator has 
attained, and to further increase the confidence and liberal pa- 
tronage hitherto extended us. 

Our works comprise commodious Foundry, Dry Kiln, Wood-working, 
Erecting, Pattern, Smith, Tray, Plate-Iron, and Paint Shops, all fully equipped 
with machinery adapted to a special purpose, the manufacture of the American 
Fruit Evaporator. Having every necessary department, ample capital, skilled 
workmen, and operative expenses reduced to a minimum, it will be our ambi- 
tion to excel all previous efforts in all details of merit, and promptness in sup- 
plying the increasing demand for our manufacture. Our business, Evaporator, 
and experience are alike progressive, and under respective topics we shall briefly 
refer to the philosophical or structural superiority of the American Evaporator. 

We know that our Inclined Flue for simplicity, portability, small cost, and 
perfect work stands unrivalled, and so long as satisfactory results follow correct 
methods, its position as the leading Evaporator is assured. 

Indeed, our patrons' letters and the significant fact that our annual sales ex- 
ceed in number that of all other Fruit Evaporators combined, verify all we 
have ever claimed for it. 

Starting with a. good Evaporator , based upon correct and scientific principles, we 
have confined all our efforts to the possibility of making a better one, and to this 
end we have constantly addressed ourselves, and the American now represents 
the best efforts of the most experienced specialists in this class of implements, 
and wherever it is known is recognized as the standard of comparison. 

We are fully aware of the theories so elaborately manufactured to meet the 
peculiar conditions that obtain in would-be rivals on the vertical or horizontal 
methods of constructing fruit-drying appliances, and until such manufacturers 
devise some practical method to avoid their present partial steaming process, 
the " moist or humid finish,'" and making " a virtue of necessity," will both 
rate among cardinal virtues. 

The argument is based upon the necessities of the case, and their theories 
framed to work as accommodatingly as a reverse lever, equally adapted to an- 
swer for two very different methods, each of which they have already claimed 
in the past as the only correct plan. 

The original literature of this school asserts that the fresh fruit should enter 



The American Fruit Evaporator. 3 

at the point of greatest humidity, and finish in the greatest heat, and very 
elaborately set forth its claimed advantages, and so constructed their appliances. 

Since 1867 we have experimented with a variety of methods; in 1869 and 
1870 Dr. Ryder's experiments and successes, with nearly our present appliances, 
ended that theory and practice, and there seems to be no controversy now as 
to its advantages, and their former methods have been revised almost universally. 

Then it was that the humid finish theory suddenly developed such industrious 
advocates as intimated, for in all that class of Fruit Driers in which a series of 
trays are placed one above the other, the moisture from the lower trays necessa- 
rily passes through and around the contents of those above. 

Now the two systems are radically and essentially different. Both cannot be 
right. 

The hot steam or vapor in the one cooks and bursts the cells, and the starch 
contained in them becomes acidified instead of changing to sugar, and the 
flavor of the fruit or aroma, which is an essential volatile oil, is dispelled, and 
the product is deficient in flavor and sweetness. 

The consequent waste of fuel and time is also an important item that must 
be overcome in an appliance so differently adapted to economic requirements. 

Our Evaporator. 

Our principles and our argument are simply this : Subject all cut fruits and 
vegetables at once to dry, hot currents of air. Dry the surface quickly, which 
prevents discoloration, forms an artificial skin or cuticle, and seals the cells con- 
taining acid and starch, which yield glucose or fruit sugar ; and then keep it 
dry until finished, without introducing any retrograde process. Discharge the 
hot stream or vapor at once, without bringing it in contact with trays previously 
entered. We have this principle demonstrated in Nature's laboratory, in the 
curing of the raisin, fig, and date, which are dried in their natural skins in a 
tropical climate, during the rainless season, by natural dry hot air in the sun. 
Though a crude and slow process, the development of glucose or grape sugar 
is almost perfect. Water in fruit is water and the medium of decay, and, to 
expose the cut surface to steam or vapor, retards evaporation and induces acetous 
fermentation and subsequent loss of sugar. 



Evaporating FmJt. 



Probably no time-honored custom of the past, with greater advantage, yields 
to recent improvement and progress than the art of preserving fruits and vege- 
tables. From time immemorial, the inhabitants of the East, favored by climatic 
advantages, have succeeded during the rainless season in drying fruits in a man- 
ner that secured fair results. The antiquity of this process is coeval with the race. 



4 The American Fruit Evaporator. 

" I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds 
of fruits." Attest the early attention given fruit culture, and some method to 
preserve for future use the abundance of the harvest season naturally followed, 
based chiefly upon plans involving no special appliances. 

The net work of apple and pumpkin suspended on strings, slowly curing in 
the unwholesome drafts of our ancestors' chimneys, but recently represented 
America's fruit-drying industry ; and it is doubtful if the villainous compound 
of decomposed fruit, insects, and dust, that after a fortnight's exposure to sun, 
rain, and dew on the roof, or, indeed, the partially charred caromel products of 
the oven or box driers of a later date, with that peculiar zinc and tin taste, have 
any advantage. 

However this may be, the combined product of these several methods invited 
the poet's satire, and depressed prices and estimations lower than the dried fruits 
of the tropics, in the markets of the world. 

The quality and price likely accounts for the insignificant quantity produced, 
which, in 1874, as an export item, amounted to less than one and a half million 
pounds. 

About 1870, special appliances for evaporating fruit were introduced, and 
from that date the subject has received growing attention and interest, and has 
made wonderful progress, not only in the amount produced but in the revolu- 
tion of comparative values. 

Evaporated fruit is worth from two hundred to four hundred per cent, advance 
over the same fruit sun or oven dried. 

The labor of preparing the fruit (one of the greatest items) being the same 
in both cases. The actual cost per pound of finished products, without regard 
to quality or value when prepared, is about the same. 

Briefly stated, our farmers' wives, sons, and daughters have been exchanging 
the product of American orchards, with their labor added, at a discount of 
fifty to four hundred per cent, below the product of the less intelligent colored 
laborer in the East. 

At the village store or the warehouse in the metropolis, the unequal exchange 
was the rule — two or three pounds of dried apples for one pound of figs, dates, 
currants, raisins, or prunes, while our dried peaches in exchange were scarcely at 
par. That our domestic fruits in themselves are superior to those of the East, need 
no further argument than a comparison of daily quotations between our evapo- 
rated fruits and those they producer. Every pound of evaporated apples of- 
fered, has a value in American markets equal to about two pounds of tropical 
dried fruits, while evaporated peaches readily command from three to four 
pounds of their currants, figs, dates, raisins, or prunes, thus practically revers- 
ing old customs and values. It is difficult to comprehend the loss and discour- 
agement attending the manufacture of a product by intelligent American men 
and women by old processes for centuries, at such comparatively contemptible 
figures, without realizing to some extent the value of evaporating machinery. 



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May be partially summed up in the solution of a problem involving no less than 
the profitable utilization of a wasting food supply rated at one fourth the world's 
production. 

It has solved the question satisfactorily to the consumer, and profitably to the 
producer, how to secure a universal and regular supply of fruit for all seasons 
and countries, combining with keeping qualities all the healthful and nutritious 
properties of fresh, ripe fruit, which, when properly treated with water, is easily 
restored to the nearest possible former condition of freshness. 

It has secured a greatly increased consumption at home, owing to the superior 
quality of the product, and the simplicity and cheapness of evaporating appli- 
ances now offered, place the business where it legitimately belongs, with the 
fruit-grower and farmer. 

It costs less to purchase and operate an Evaporator of given capacity than the 
traditional dry-house, which has so long been an unprofitable business, because 
the product was unsatisfactory to the consumer. Indeed, the fact is well estab- 
lished that evaporating fruit pays unusual profits, and invites investment, and 
that the other forbids. 

The demand for evaporated fruit has more than kept pace with the produc- 
tion, and prices, at this writing, are higher than ever before. 

Consumers have learned that it is cheap, even at current prices, compared 
with canned goods. 

Let any one make the experiment by buying a package of canned fruit, and 
its equivalent in cost of evaporated fruit, and then attempt to put the latter — 
after soaking in water eight or ten hours— into the empty can. 

The business has made steady progress, and, though yet in its infancy, the 
evaporated product amounts to many millions of dollars in our export items, 
and, at no time in the past, so promisingly invites extension and capital. 

The entire fruit crop of the country is immensely enhanced in value thereby, 
on account of so much perishable fruit being withheld from temporarily over- 
stocked markets at certain gathering seasons. 

By it American fruits have attained a high repute and market value abroad, 
limited only by the supply, and has greatly increased the interest in fruit-growing 
in this country, and the further development of the evaporating business is as- 
sured from the profitable returns earned by those now engaged in it. 

It is fast supplanting in popular favor the canning process over which it has 
many marked advantages in economy, wholesomeness, safety, and profit. 



The American Fruit Evaporator. 



CJ^WFERI^FICJS OF EY7JP0IWED F^aiT 7JND PR6CEJSJ3. 



The process involves considerably more than merely drying or desiccating, 
and requires apparatus specially adapted to the purpose. In short, it contem- 
plates not only the retention of all the qualities that distinguish one fruit from 
another in its ripe condition, but to further develop the ripening process, and 
to enhance thereby its percentages of fruit-sugar, varying from ten to twenty 
per cent, in different fruits as chemical analysis has determined. 

Comprehending the component elements of fruits, their growth, cell structure, 
development, and preservation, we have, in the use of a properly constructed 
Evaporator, a culmination of the same organic forces, and instead of a retro- 
grade transition, the change is analogous to the conversion of the grape to the 
sweeter-raised, or the green-apple, to mellow ripeness and perfection. In a few 
hours the juices, which heretofore formed and developed the fruit in the la- 
boratory of nature, are quickly maturated, and the water simply evaporated, 
leaving a product exactly the same color as when fresh cut, without loss of 
pleasant or valuable properties. The aroma, peculiar to each variety sealed 
against volatization, and easily recognized, soft and pliable, with crystals of 
sugar, perceptably covering its surface, does not become harsh, dry, or brittle, 
and when placed in the rejuvenating bath of fresh water, returns to the original 
form, color, consistency, and size, defying an expert to distinguish the original 
slices from those evaporated, after being thus restored. 

Evaporated fruit, once seen and tasted, can never after be confounded with 
ordinary dried fruit by any one. 

Generally speaking, evaporated apples, with ordinary care in manufacture by 
our process, are as white as this paper, while the evaporated peach retains all 
the bright and beautiful blending of color found in the various red, yellow, and 
white varieties, with the most delicate pencilings of shade, and wonderful tissue 
of minute cells at stone perfectly preserved and intact. 

We have thus minutely described our evaporated fruit to enable the public to 
distinguish the article from certain so-called evaporated fruit, which presents a 
soggy dull color, slightly opaque, the result of steaming or partial cooking, arising 
from defects in the process of manufacture, and but little better than ordinary 
dried fruit. 



The unusual profit attending the judicious management of this comparatively 
new industry by our patrons, has crowded us with inquiries, and has been our 
best advertisement. In reply to one and all upon this subject, we have the fol- 



The American Fruit Evaporator. 7 

lowing suggestions to offer : So long as the present enormous waste, and the low 
prices of the fruits of the United States at gathering seasons continue on the 
one hand, and anything like the present demand and price for the evaporated 
article on the other, millions of capital may and will find safe and profitable in- 
vestment therein. 

It should be remembered that we have the markets of the world offering a 
profitable margin over the cost of production for all our fruits and berries, at 
steadily advancing prices. 

It should not be forgotten that at present, and for years to come, the annual 
production of common dried fruit, now largely in excess of the evaporated arti- 
cle, on the accepted theory of the "survival of the fittest," must necessarily 
first succumb. Practically, the evaporator's mission is no less than to revolu- 
tionize and supplant an old method of universal employment by a new. Noth- 
ing better yet known to the masses and defended by the prejudices of the mil- 
lions, the fear of overstocking the market with evaporators or their products, 
seems far sought, indeed. 

In no department of agricultural economy do we find so much loss as in the 
fruit that waste under the trees and passes unnoticed, yet in the case of apples 
or peaches, properly evaporated, they are worth in the market to-day, respec- 
tively, fifteen and twenty-five cents per pound. The same carelessness or ex- 
travagance on the part of a farmer if it related to corn or wheat, would subject 
him to unpleasant criticisms in the entire neighborhood, yet the actual loss would 
in present markets be only two and three cents per pound, respectively. 

The price of all our fruits and berries is based upon their value as fresh ripe 
fruit, often a question of so many hours' transportation alone, and not of sup- 
ply and demand at all, except a local one. The margin existing between an 
overstocked -local market in the harvest season, and the value of the evaporated 
product at home or abroad in the months of fruit famine, constitutes their true 
commercial value, and presents to view the evaporator's opportunity. 

To enumerate the list of articles that may profitably be evaporated, would 
furnish a complete catalogue of farm, garden, and orchard products, as well as 
anticipate the wants of all climates and people. 

Few implements can be so continuously employed, beginning with the early 
summer berries, vegetables, and fruits, extending its use through the winter upon 
the fall crops 

Few, if any, enterprises have so little competition in the purchase of raw ma- 
terial to work upon, or so active a market at good prices for their product. 

It is a significant fact that many of our patrons have realized from the apple 
parings and cores, evaporated for jelly stock, more than enough to pay, indeed, 
in some cases, twice as much as the total evaporating expenses of the whole 
business. Numbers of them in ordering new and larger machines, write us 
they intend using the old ones to make jelly stock of all former waste, and find 
it very profitable ; the demand for this is simply unlimited, at a price a little 
below common dried fruit. 



8 The American Fruit Evaporator. 

Green grocers and fruit dealers can use an evaporator to marked advantage. 
Save perishable fruit and berries wasting on their hands, and realize retail prices 
for the product over their own counters. 

An active, industrious young man with a little capital invested in cultivating, 
say five acres of sweet corn planted at intervals, and evaporate it, can, in a few 
months, make a year's earnings at most other employments, and, if followed up 
as a business, developing a home market for his product, will find in this sug- 
gestion a very satisfactory and profitable business. Almost as much may be 
claimed for the manufacture of jelly stocks (slashed apples) from early windfalls, 
to be had in the apple-growing sections for the gathering (before the picking 
season) or a trifling cost; by slashed apples we mean inferior stock simply 
sliced up, not pared or cored, but evaporated. 

Cider-mill men are finding this process profitable, while many are using evap- 
orators to great advantage in assorting their apples and running the better grades 
into evaporated pared stock of first quality. 

Evaporating mature corn during the winter, preparatory to grinding into 
corn-meal, is a growing business. 

In the evaporating business the first consideration is quality of product. 
Second, Quantity produced for a given expenditure of money for apparatus, 
labor, and fuel. The best evaporator is the cheapest. Examine the unsolicited 
voluntary opinions given by our patrons of the American, and if you grow, or 
can, at a reasonable price, buy fruit to run a machine, we shall be pleased to 
answer any inquiry we may not have anticipated in this manual. 



Owing to meager and defective statistics in former enumerations, and the 
delay in compiling that of 1880, (not yet issued,) we cannot give figures with 
accuracy. The acreage devoted to fruits something more than twelve years ago 
in the United States, was four and a half millions ; estimated annual value of fruit 
produced: Apples, $50,400,000 ; peaches, $56,135,000 ; pears, $14,130,000, 
grapes, $2,120,000; strawberries, $5,000,000; other fruits, $10,500,000; 
making a grand total of $138,300,000. The late census will, when completed, 
for the first time, afford a full exhibit of our pomological wealth. The proper 
utilization of this vast food supply, it would, indeed, be difficult to over-esti- 
mate. Suffice it to say that the above figures show that fruit culture has become 
a vast industry, realizing valuable profits, giving employment to thousands of 
people, and supplying business through every artery of trade. 



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In the article "Evaporating Fruit as a Business," the employment of our 
larger evaporators was more particularly contemplated. In this article we shall 
enter more intajhe details and profits that attend the business managed simply 
as an auxiliary to farm or household work. The results claimed are based upon 
a good fair average, and not theoretical possibilities. We have, throughout 
this manual, carefully avoided stating, even in (extracts from patrons' letters,) as 
a matter fc of policy, many records of what our evaporators, in their several sizes, 
have accomplished under our own and other expert management, from the fact 
that they were too successful. Aside from expert management no equal invest- 
ment on the farm will pay such handsome returns so quickly, nor so many times 
in a season, as that in the evaporator. 

The following results can be realized, and excelled after a little practice, by 
any industrious man, woman, well-grown boy, or girl, in the time named, and 
possibly conveys the idea as briefly as we can that an American Evaporator 
(Number 2, for instance) can and should return first cost of machine, fruit, fuel, 
and labor about twice every month continuously used, on peaches, apples, corn, 
or berries : 

For Example — On Pared Peaches. 

One No. 2 Evaporator, $75 00 

Eight bushels peaches per day for 10 days — 80 bushels @ 40 cents, . 32 00 

Fuel for ten days' run, 2 00 

Ten days' labor, ... 6 00 

Total expenses, $115 00 

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By 460 rbs. evaporated pared peaches, @ 25 cents, $115 00 

On Apples. 

One No. 2 Evaporator, $75 00 

Ten bushels apples for 12 days — 120 bushels @ 20 cents, 24 00 

Fuel, 2 00 

Labor, 7 00 

Total expenses, $108 00 

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By 720 rbs. evaporated apples, @ 15 cents, 5 108 00 

The labor of preparing the fruit is greatly reduced by the use of the Rotary 
Peach Parer, and in apples by any of the admirable paring, coring, and slicing 
machines. 



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The prices named for the fresh fruit are above the average value, those of the 
evaporated product below present wholesale quotations. 

The farmer who grows the fruit, and with his own help evaporates it or super- 
intends the business, can place upon the market a product of his farm worth 
more per pound, on an average, than anything he sells — wool only excepted — at 
comparatively no outlay of money. 

The business properly belongs to the agriculturists, and for their wants and 
requirements we have more particularly addressed ourselves and our Evaporator 
so successfully. 

They are the producers of the articles our Evaporators are designed to con- 
vert into the most valuable condition, among which we enumerate strawberries, 
cherries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, whortleberries, currants, grapes, 
apples, peaches, pears, plums, quinces, sweet corn, peas, beans, sweet and round 
potatoes, pumpkins, egg plant, tomatoes, and all tropical fruits. 

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We will, briefly as possible, state our claims of Structural Superiority , prac- 
tically applied in an arrangement entirely new in the construction of fruit evap- 
orators, by which separate currents of dry, heated air, automatically created, 
pass underneath and diagonally through the trays and then off over them, carry- 
ing the moisture out of the evaporator without coming in contact with the trays 
of fruit previously entered, and already in an advanced stage of completion. 

We concentrate the greatest heat upon each tray or group when it first enters 
the machine, and each tray or group subsequently entered removes or shoves 
the previous one forward into a lower temperature. 

These advantages are secured and continued throughout by reason of our In- 
clined Evaporated Trunk. No steaming, cooking, or retrograde process be- 
comes possible. 



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Indeed, so perfect is the active circulation of dry, hot air over, under, and 
through each line of trays, that any tray taken from any portion of the trunk at 
any time after being in the evaporator ten minutes, (the fruit) will be found to 
be perfectly dry on the outside, to sight or touch, although the process of com- 
plete evaporation may be but one fourth or one half finished. 

This condition of the fruit we guarantee our evaporator to maintain when full 
of fruit and working at its full capacity. 

As a result, we secure maximum evaporating capacity per square foot of tray 
surface, and of fuel consumed, and entire freedom from burning or scorching, 
a bright color (characteristic) in the product, highest possible retention of flavor, 
development of sugar, and market value. 

The peculiar shape of our evaporator was designed by Doctor Ryder, the in- 
ventor, in order to avoid the objectionable features and disadvantages incident 
to a perpendicular stack of trays, and to divert the currents of hot air and cause 
them to pass through and around a series of trays so placed as to secure con- 
tinuous and rapid evaporation without motive power. 

The Inclined Trunk answers the purpose admirably. The currents, self- 
created and continuous, strike the trays of fruit at a uniform upward angle with 
considerable velocity, quickly absorb all moisture, and then pass off out of the 
machine. 

With it Doctor Ryder inaugurated the rapid continuous evaporation of fruits, 
upon the principle of subjecting the fresh fruit to the direct and greatest heat 
first, moving the articles operated upon in the direction of the currents of heated 
air and into a lower temperature ; securing, by so simple a device, every advan- 
tage than can possibly be claimed for the most complete verticle evaporator with 
its costly blast or exhaust fans, engine, and manipulating machinery. 

Without any of the disadvantages incident to a perpendicular stack of trays, 
(referred to on a foregoing page,) which cannot be used at all for evaporating 
such articles as grated cocoanut, finely cut sweet corn, starch, or any substance 
required to be spread on sheeting — which entirely obstructs the passage of hot 
air through the trays. 

The same difficulty is experienced in drying small fruits and berries ; if the fruit 
is spread unevenly upon the trays — and it is impossible to place the fruit so that 
there will not be some thin places — which will, by drying quickest, become still 
thinner, and then the hot air will rush through and dry too much, very often burn- 
ing all thin spots, whilst those parts that are covered thickly no air can get through, 
and consequently will not be dried at all. In drying any fruit or vegetable made 
up of large and small, unripe and over-ripe, or irregularly cut, this difficulty will 
always be experienced. Whereas, in the Inclined Flue Evaporator, it matters 
not how much obstruction there is ; even sheet-metal pans are used in evaporating 
semi-liquid and liquid substances, the divided currents of hot air passing between, 
both over and under, the several lines of trays. 



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To meet the demands of those who wished to enjoy the benefits of our Evap- 
orator, for family use only, at small cost and little labor, we added, one year ago, 
a small size, No. o. 

It has proven eminently satisfactory ; it is intended simply for limited opera- 
tions ; as an introductory machine it has served us well, as larger sizes have in- 
variably followed in its wake. 

A family that has been in the habit of canning and preserving fruits and veg- 
etables for their own use will find this little machine a great saving and conven- 
ience over all former methods and processes, in cost of sugar, jars, and cans, as 
well as in labor, time, and vexation incident to broken jars and spoiled fruit. The 
quality and wholesomeness of its product (no lead poisoning) is an important 
consideration. It will save its cost in utilizing wind-falls, specked and knotty 
fruits that could not otherwise be turned to account, many times over in a season. 



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No. o. 

Size, 6 feet long, 22 inches wide ; has 8 trays ; capacity, about 3 to 31^ bushels 
of apples per day (of 12 hours.) Trays of galvanized wire-cloth, furnished 
with furnace, pipe, and everything complete. Can be set up in a few minutes. 
Will burn coal or coke best, short wood will answer. Consumes about 30 pounds 
of coal or its equivalent in coke or wood per day. 

Weight, 200 pounds. 




No. 1. 



Size, 6 feet long, 22 inches wide ; has 14 trays ; capacity about 6 to 8 bushels 
of apples per day (of 15 hours.) Trays of galvanized wire-cloth, furnished with 



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furnace, pipe, and everything complete. Can be set up in a few minutes. Burns 
coal or coke best ; short wood will answer. Consumes about 50 pounds of coal 
per day. 

Weight,. 350 pounds. 




No. 2. 

Size. 9^ feet long, 28 inches wide ; has 22 trays; capacity, 10 to 12 bushels 
of apples per day (of 15 hours. ) Trays of galvanized wire-cloth, furnished with 
an improved durable and economic furnace, pipe, and everything complete. Can 
be set up in a few minutes. Adapted to burn wood, coal, or coke. Extreme 
height, 6 feet. Consumes about 80 pounds of coal per day. 

Weight, 500 pounds. 

This favorite pattern is the best, cheapest, and most complete Evaporator for 
its cost on the market, (we speak advisedly,) has always been a favorite with 
our patrons, and, as now made, it has no successful rival. It has secured about 
25 first premiums at as many State fairs, and nearly 200 at minor fairs over all 
competitors. 



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No. 3. 

Size, 16 feet long, 42 inches wide; has 45 trays; capacity, 35 to 45 bushels 
of apples per day (of 24 hours.) Trays of galvanized wire-cloth, furnished with 
a durable, economical, and powerful furnace, adapted to burn wood, coal, or 
coke ; pipe, and everything requisite, except the rear platform. 

It can be set up and put in operation in a day. Shipped partial knock-down, 
to facilitate handling in transit. Extreme height, adjustable, 8 to 12 feet ; weight, 
1,600 pounds. Consumes about 200 pounds of coal per day. 

Note. — We furnish, (when ordered,) a furnace extension from 2^' to 3 feet 
high, (price $5 extra,) useful and convenient when the furnace is to be placed 
in a cellar or basement of the evaporating building. This extension sets directly 
on top of the furnace, so as to raise the front end of trunk to a convenient height 
on the first or working floor. 

Note 2. — Our furnaces for No. 3 evaporators are made with adjustable angle 
top plates, so that the fire door can be turned in front, or to the right or left 
hand as you stand in front of the evaporator, so as to suit different locations and 
convenience in the evaporating shed or building. This valuable feature answers 
equally well with or without the furnace extension. 

Numerous patrons report the actual capacity of this evaporator in their hands 
from 50 to 60 bushels of apples per day. We adhere to our customary low 
rating, notwithstanding it would by many be classed as an 100 bushel machine. 
It is fast gaining in popularity by commercial evaporating companies, (worked 
in suits of four machines, right and left handed,) requiring but one platform 
hand to four machines. 

This evaporator may be relied upon for quality of its product. 2d. For 
capacity compared with its cost. 3d. For economy in fuel. 4th. Simplicity 
and ease of management. 5th. For the facility with which the heat can all be 
concentrated by a cut-off in trunk, and the machine run at half its tray capacity 
without loss of heat or fuel. 6th. For the ease with which the trays (in groups 
of three) are carried forward in the upper flue by a geared cog-rack and pinion, 
operated by a crank outside of evaporating trunk. 7th. For its safety against 
fire. 8th. For its admirable adaptation and capacity to do more than has been 
claimed for it. 9th. For many special purposes it deservedly takes the highest 
rank, and is extensively used in the preparation of drugs, chemicals, dye stuffs, 
pulp fabrics, coffee, tea, roots, herbs, animal and mineral substances, grain, 
peanuts, starch, yeast, fertilizers, etc. 

No. 4. 

Size — 18 feet long, 84 inches wide ; has 102 trays ; capacity 90 to 1 10 bushels 
of apples per day, (of 24 hours.) Trays and manner of manipulation same as 
No. 3. 

The evaporating flue consists of two separate and independent trunks, both 
as to tray management and heat. One section, consisting of one fourth or one 



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half of entire tray capacity, can be operated successfully without loss or waste 
of heat or fuel, as circumstances or convenience may require ; or three fourths 
may be used for pared fruit and one chamber for making jelly stock. This 
evaporator is furnished with two No. 3 furnaces, each acting independently of 
the other. The trunk is shipped knock-down, is easily understood and erected. 
Requires no brick-work, and while it is a portable machine, we recommend a 
suitable building, with the furnaces in a sub-cellar or basement. It should be 
remembered that for capacity it is a successful rival to some $800 evaporators, 
requires a less expensive building in which to operate it, and, if properly erected, 
so as to secure easy and convenient access at front, and staging at rear on the 
working floor, adds materially to make the labor easy and convenient. 

Note. — We have carefully drawn specifications of a cheap and suitable build- 
ing for our large evaporators, showing plans, dimensions, and position of 
evaporator therein., ventilating it, etc., which we mail on application. 

No. 5. 

We are frequently asked for evaporators of greater capacity than our No. 4, 
and build to order for such parties a No. 5. Length, 24 feet ; width same as 
No. 4; has 138 trays; capacity 150 bushels of apples per day, (of 24 hours.) 
In all respects like No. 4, except larger, and combines all the valuable features 
of that size. Shipped knock-down. 



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The evaporators Nos. o, 1, and 2 are shipped in two packages. After taking 
off the cribbing, set the furnace level, place the trunk upon it, and elevate rear 
end, with accompanying support, to the same angle as the furnace top, upon 
which it should fit closely. In making the first fire in heater increase the heat 
somewhat gradually on account of expansion and cement joints. Put your first 
trays of fruit, in groups of two or three as the case may be, freshly pared or cut, 
on the upper track immediately over, above, or beyond the furnace. All the 
trays are to be entered here. The second group of trays, when ready, takes 
their place by shoving the first entered forward or up the track, and so on con- 
secutively until the upper line is full ; then start the first inserted trays down 
the second or lower track, one after the other, as they reach the top, (No. o has 
but one track,) until the machine is full. If the trays are filled before any are 
completely dry, empty the contents of two or three trays in one ; or, if any are 
done when the trays reach the top of first track, take the first off, or, if nearly 
done, put the contents of a couple trays in one at this stage. A little judgment 
and labor given at the time of changing from upper to lower track is well be- 



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stowed, and has much to do in determining your success with the evaporator, 
both as to quality and quantity produced. Proceed continuously in this man- 
ner. Full and minute directions accompany each evaporator. In No. 3 the 
trays are entered in groups of three. 

Many of our patrons prefer, in evaporating apples, to put the fruit on the 
trays in single layers, others about a half inch thick; in either case close exam- 
ination, slight stirring, or changing relative position of the trays in the group, 
or taking off finished fruit, or doubling up before returning down lower track, 
is labor well directed. This is a valuable feature in our Evaporator, /. e . , the op- 
portunity to see and examine the fruit at this stage, and we wish to impress its 
importance. 



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All our patrons are furnished with a carefully prepared circular, giving special 
instructions how to secure best results in the use of our Evaporator upon differ- 
ent kinds and varieties of fruits, berries, and vegetable, and how the fruits, &c, 
should be handled at all stages of their preparation, so as to secure for the pro- 
duct the highest market value. In some fruits and vegetables, our directions, 
if followed, will often make a difference in value of twenty-five to one hundred 
per cent, over the same fruits differently prepared. This advantage properly 
belongs to our patrons. This circular gives full directions for conserving, crys- 
tallizing, packing, and marketing. The directions and recipes given are prac- 
tical, minute, and specially adapted to the American Evaporator. It is not in- 
tended for general circulation, but invaluable to our patrons. 



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Our patrons' Circular so fully answers these topics in every particular, besides 
much other valuable information, that we have simply to direct that in evapor- 
ating apples, use the Improved Apple Parer, Corer, and Sheer, which, at one 
operation, puts the fruit in the best shape without waste. 

For peaches, use the Rotary Knife Peach Parer. It is decidedly the best 
peach parer we have ever seen, and a great acquisition. Pares hard or soft fruit 
better and nicer than it can be done by hand, without waste, and very expedi- 
tiously. 

Sweet corn, other vegetables, and small fruits— see Patrons' Circular and sup- 
plements, which we attach securely in each Evaporator. 
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It must be borne in mind that no article prepared in the American Fruit 
Evaporator need be washed preparatory to cooking, as there are no impurities 
to be removed, while a considerable amount of flavor and saccharine matter 
would be carried off by the water. 

Sweet corn and most other vegetables are improved by being soaked ten or 
twelve hours, then set on the stove, without changing the water, and slowly 
heated. A short time completes the cooking, with the usual seasoning. 

Carefully evaporated sweet corn, cooked according to these directions, can 
hardly be distinguished from sweet corn fresh cut from the cob. Nearly all 
evaporated products regain the properties of the fresh fruit or vegetable, by 
soaking from two to ten or twelve hours in a covered porcelain or earthern ves- 
sel, with sufficient water to cover the fruit. Very acid fruits are improved by 
the addition of sugar while soaking ; after which a slow simmering (more or 
less prolonged) will complete the preparation of a delicious dessert, sauce, or 
marmalade. 

IJggT" Our patrons will confer a favor if they will furnish us addresses of ac- 
quaintances and fruit-growers who could use an Evaporator profitably, and we 
will send them catalogues. 

NOTICE. 

Sample Fruits. — Mixed samples of our evaporated fruits, berries, and veg- 
etables, sent post-paid, upon receipt of fifteen cents' postage. 



®QMPETiTEVE MS@@SB. 



The American Evaporator in competitive trials in operation, under the scru- 
tiny of expert committees, judges, and rival exhibitors, presents and submits 
the following first awards on evaporator and its evaporated products : 

State Fairs. 

New York, Connecticut, Nebraska, 

Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, 

N. E. Alabama, Vermont, Delaware, 

Georgia Industrial Association, Maryland, 

Fruit Growers' Association of the Gulf States, 

New England Agricultural Society, 

And more than 100 First Premiums at County Agricultural Societies. 



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FOR 1882. 
National and State. 

American Institute Fair, New York city. St. Louis Fair. 

Medal. Diploma and #5 00. 

North Carolina State Fruit Growers' Society. 

First on Evaporator and evaporated fruits — over six competitors — $25 00. 



Pennsylvania. 

Medal. 

Kansas City Industrial Exposition 

Diploma, best fruit drier. 

Delaware. 

Silver Medal. 

Virginia. 

Diploma on Evaporator. 
Special on product. 



Kansas State Fair. 

Diploma. 

New York. 

Diploma. 

North Carolina State Fair. 

Diploma. 

Alabama. 

Silver medal on Evaporator. 
Silver cup, &c, on product. 



Ontario Central, Canada. 

Two Diplomas. 

PARTIAL, LIST OF 

First Premiums, Medals, and Diplomas Awarded the American Evaporator at 
County Fairs during 1 1882. 



Washington county, N. Y., 

Pettis county, Mo., 

Chautauqua county, N. Y., 

Morgan county, Ohio, 

Warren county, Pa., 

Switzerland and Ohio counties, Ind., 

Windsor county, Yt., 

Essex county, Mass., 

Schoharie county, N. Y., 

Stark county, Ohio, 

Pope county, Ills., 

Mt. Holly, N. J., 

Franklin county, Me., 

Tuscarawas county, Ohio, 

Yates county, N. Y., 

Athens county, Ohio, 

Bucks county, Pa., 



Nodaway county, Mo., 
Orange county, Vt, 
Mercer county, Pa., 
Gulford county, N. C, 
Edgecomb county, N. C, 
Madison county, Ala., 
Rocky Mount, N. C, 
Fulton county, Ohio, 
Tarboro', N. C, 
Culpeper county, Va., 
Wadesboro', N. C, 
Weldon, N. C, 
Frederick county, Md., 
Dundee, N. Y., 
Appleton City, Mo., 
Yernon county, Mo., 



Barton county, Mo. 
PARTIAL LIST OF 

First Premiums Awarded Our Evaporated Fruits, &c., at County Fairs during 

1882. 

Pope county, Ills , 



Washington county, Tenn., 
Fulton county, Ohio, 
Guilford county, N. C, 
Huntsville, Ala., 
Frederick county, Va., 
Edgecomb county, N. C, 
Mercer county, Pa., 
Linn county, Kansas, 
Franklin Central, Mo., 
Mt. Holly, N. J., 



Greene county, Tenn., 
Stark county, Ohio, 
Breckenridge county, Ky., 
Shawnee county, Mich., 
Shelby county, Mo., 
Warren county, Pa., 
Washington county, N. Y., 
Pettis county, Mo., 
Morgan county, Ohio. 



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It will be remembered that our business has been conducted heretofore at 
Chambersburg, Pa., by the American Drier Company, until the recent removal 
to Waynesboro', Pa., hence all letters and testimonials up to January, 1882, were 
addressed to the old company. 

Notasulga, Ala, November 16, 1S80. 

American Drier Co., Dear Sirs: "I had my Drier on exhibition at the State Fair. I 
also exhibited evaporated fruits, &c. For the first I was awarded a silver cup, and for the 
latter a diploma. I have arrangements here for all the fruit I can dry at following prices : 
Blackberries, 9 cts. ; sweet corn, 10 cts. ; apples, 10 cts. ; peaches, 30 cts. 

Later he writes : " I am now getting for peaches 40 cts. per pound, while sun-dried peaches 
are from 3 to 8 cts per pound." 

Very respectfully, Wm. S. Ford. 



Austin, Arkansas, December 6, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs : "We have been so busy that we have neglected reporting 
our success with the Drier. We had a large crop of peaches, and shipped as long as the price 
would justify ; then commenced drying. The Evaporator worked to perfection. All who saw 
it were highly pleased with the way it operated. We dried 1,300 or 1,500 pounds of peaches, 
had not the help to do more. We sold some here at 20 cents per pound." 

Repectfully yours, T. J. & J. J. YOUNG. 



Fayetteville, Arkansas, November jo, 1SS0. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen : " Sickness in my family has prevented my doing much 
with the Drier. It did all for me that you promised. I turned it over to my friend, J. D. 
Wilson, who has succeeded admirably." 

Respectfully yours, Prof. C. H. Leverett. 



FAYErTEViLLE, Arkansas, September 14, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen : "I am now the owner of one of your Fruit Driers, No. 
2, and, after a fair trial, pronounce it the best Drier I have ever seen." 

Under date October 18, 1880, he writes: " I have been running my Drier for the past week 
to its full capacity, and am not only pleased with the quality, but the quantity is also satisfactory^ 
With a boy to help me I can dry fifty pounds of apples with ease from six o'clock in the morn- 
ing until seven in the evening. I shali want a No. 3 next year." 

Respectfully, Jos. D. Wilson. 



Ridgetown, Canada, September 22, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs : " I mail you to-day samples of my work on your Drier' 
which was duly received, and found to be everything it was represented to be." 

Yours truly, Arch'd Patterson. 



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Mr. Patterson writes us March 25, 1881 : "I hope to purchase two of your No. 3 Driers this 
season for my own use, as well as some for my neighbors, as the one I have gave entire satis- 
faction.'' 

Yours truly, Arch'd Patterson. 



Dover, Del., September 2, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs : " We have the Drier in operation, and like it well ; but find 
it too small for the fruit I shall have to dry. What would be the difference to exchange it for 
a No. 3?" 

Respectfully, Mary F. Hetzel. 



Knoxville, Iowa, August 17, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs : " The Drier still works well ; it is the wonder of the 
neighborhood. The more I work with it the better I can do with it." 

Yours truly, A. O. Barnes. 



Uniontown, Maryland, September 14, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gents : My drying business is going on finely, and giving entire 
satisfaction. I have concluded to exhibit my fruit and vegetables at the fair. 

Respectfully, Thos. H. Routson. 



October 15 he writes: "I am now running my Drier right along on peaches. I am more 
than pleased. I wish now I had bought the No. 3 instead. Well, I attended the fair, and 
just held the people spell-bound with my evaporated fruit and vegetables. They were per. 
fectly amazed at their brightness and uniformity. Just beside mine were some of Grand- 
mother's kind that looked like dried bumble bees compared with mine. I have sold my 
evaporated peaches on board cars at 25 cents per pound, packed in barrels. I have a #75 
machine ; I run it about 33 days of 15 hours. Used one ton of coal ; cost $6 80, and made 
600 pounds of evaporated peaches. I believe the same could be done in 27 days. I will pay 
for machine, fuel, labor, and all expenses, and have £20 profit in the ^3 days' running." 

March 8, 1881, he writes: "I have some idea of getting a No. 3 Drier this season, and going 
into the corn and fruit drying business." 

Respectfully, Thos. H. Routson. 



Lynch's Station, Kent County, Mix, August 22, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen : " I have one of your No. 2 Fruit Dryers, purchased of 
Mr. Longsdorf. It gives me perfect satisfaction, and I believe it to be just the thing wanted 
by fruit growers in this section. I am doing nice work with it ; am turning out a better quality 
of fruit than any other drier in this section, and there are a good many kinds here." 

Yours respectfully, W. Penn Norris. 



September 3, 1880, he writes: "Many have been to see my machine work and are pleased 
with it. I have been offered 28 cents per pound for my evaporated peaches." 

April 14, 1881, he writes: "I took my Drier to our county fair last fall, and operated it on 
the ground. It attracted a good deal of attention, and the fruit was much admired. I was 
awarded diploma for display of dried fruit, and my wife took first premium for conserved 
fruits made on my Drier. I got 26 to 30 cents per pound for peaches and 9 cents for apples. 
The Drier paid for itself and #30 over expenses of running, &c, and I only operated it for four 
weeks." 

Yours respectfully, W. Penn Norris. 



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American Fruit Evaporating and Preserving Co., 
272 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Mn., July 27, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen: "Our firm wrote you to-day in reference to another 
Evaporator. We desire to duplicate our first No. 3 in every respect, except as to furnace, 
which should be left-handed. We want it to work parallel to our first. Please forward im- 
mediately. We shall directly after order another to duplicate the last, to work parallel to it." 
August 3, 1880, they write : " Your favor received. We are running about 75 boxes peaches 
per day, and find the machine best in every particular for our purpose, and the work we shall 
do in the future. Do not be surprised if we order at least six more machines. We have our 
new steamer and engine up, and are using Mill's Cocoanut Grater, evaporating about 1,000 
nuts a day." 

Yours truly, Am. F. E. & P. Co., 

Per J. A. Smith. 



Fredericksville, Schuyler County, III., August 4, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen : " The Drier arrived some days ago all right. I like 
it very much." 

Yours, &c, Pulaski Farwell. 



Waterloo, Illinois, September 4, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen: "The Drier has arrived and is in operation. The 
purchaser is the most pleased and tickled man we have seen for some time. His neighbors 
for miles around have been to see it." 

Respectfully, Oldendorph Bros. 



Garnet, Anderson County, Kansas, August 30, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs : "Your Drier came to hand. I am well pleased with it, and 



all who see it work like it." 



Yours, &c, B. H. Moore. 



1201 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo., October 1, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs: "The Drier does very well. I will send you some of my 



work with this letter." 



Yours, &c, E. M. Slocumb. 



Prairie City, Bates County, Mo., October 25, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gents : Drier received. Am well-pleased with it. I took it to the 
fair and got the first premium on machine and on fruit exhibited. 

Yours in haste, John B Durand. 



Petersburg, Monroe County, Mich., October 11, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs : Received your Evaporator and it works very well. 

J. S. Gulick. 



Merrimac, Mass., December 5, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs : "The Drier I bought of you works to a charm." 

Yours with respect, Rev. F. E. Barther. 



American Drier Co. : " Mr. Bickford's Drier arrived, and we are able to do as well as 
the best of them." 

Yours truly, F. M. Lund. 



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West New Berry, Mass., August 20, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gents : " I have used the Drier I bought of you, and like it very 

much, and would like to try the agency of this county." 

Henry Merrill. 

October 13, 1880, he writes : " I have had a number to see my Drier, and there will be 
quite a demand for them. I like mine better every day I use it. I would not sell it, if I 
could not get another, at twice its cost." 

November 16 he writes: " I have set up L. Boeley's No. 3. He is making good work and 
likes the Drier very much." 

Yours respectfully, Henry Merrill. 



West Nassau, N. Y., October 22, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs : "Perhaps you would like to hear from me. The Drier 
arrived safely. I am now running it. Like it very much. I send you a fair sample. Let 
me know what you think of it. Please give me the agency not only for Rensellaer county, 
but for the eastern part of the State of N. Y." 

Yours, &c, Mrs. L. Valentine. 



Naverina, N. Y., September 28, 1880. 
Sirs : " I have had your Drier at our fair and got the first premium. I beat six other 
driers. Hold on, put a feather in your cap for me." 

Yours, &c, A. L. Kinyon. 



Geneva, N. Y., October 2, 18S0. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs : The two Driers came, and the parties like them first- 
rate. They have not been able to get as many apples through in a day as catalogue claims 
can be done. I took one of the No. 2 Driers to the Union Fair here at Geneva and worked 
it. Had a large crowd around me all the time. I took the first premium on Drier and for 
evaporated fruit. 

Very respectfully yours, Chauncey Sheffield. 

Sherman, Chautauqua County, N. Y., October 6, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gents.- "The Fruit Drier ordered by your agent, Mr. Pier, at 
Blockville for me has arrived, and I am much pleased with it." 

Yours truly, Thos. S. Harman. 



Canandaigua, N. Y., October 19, 1880. 
Dear Sirs : "After purchasing an Evaporator and learning how to use it, I write to you 
how I like it. It cannot be surpassed only by getting one that will do three times the work 
of a No. 2. It is a perfect model of perfection." 

Yours respectfully, Mrs. G. H. Southerland. 



North Huron, Wayne County, N. Y., October 31, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen : " I send you samples of apples dried in your Drier. 
We think it is the best and the only portable Evaporator we ever saw. We used one of the 

driers last fall; but we don't consider it better than a common wood dry-house." 

Yours truly, Luther Weed. 

Comfort, Jones County, Septe?n6er 27, 1880. 

American Drier Co., Sirs : •' I like my Drier very much." 

Respectfully, Cyrus Brown. 



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Stafford Springs, Conn., October 8, 1880. 

Dear Sirs : " I have dried from 2 acres of corn on my No. 2 Drier 1,400 lbs. of evaporated 

corn, and sold nearly every day from 5 to 20 dozens on the ear from the same ground. I had 

a heavy crop of corn. One day's drying of 550 ears produced 55 ft»s. of dried corn, and 

another day's work, 575 ears, made 63 pounds. Give me the American in preference to any 

other." 

Yours truly, Henry Thrall. 

\_Note. — It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr. Thrall since the above commu- 
nication was received. — A. M. Co.] 



Fulton, N. Y., October 16, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen ; " My people are very much pleased with the work 
done on the Drier." 

Yours truly, W. E. Payne. 



Weathersfield, Windsor Co., Vt., October 28, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gents : Drier came all right, and works satisfactory. There is con- 
siderable inquiry for Driers, and they are going to sell when people find out about them. They 
are entirely new, and folks are cautious of investment. I propose to show them that there is 
money in the investment. 

Yours truly, Sidney J. Bronson. 



East Trumbull, Ohio, October 17, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs : " I thought I would write you and let you know what I had 
done with, and liked your Drier. We like it very much, and think it can't be beat for quality 
as well as quantity. It is a new thing here, and people are astonished at the quality of fruit it 
turns out. I exhibited the Drier and some of the fruit at our county fair, and was awarded 
the first premium on both Drier and fruit." 

Respectfully yours, O. C. Parker. 



Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio, July 19, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gents : " We have tried our Driers on apples and peaches, and 
they work like a charm. The apples we send you are red Astrachan, and are much nicer 
than the samples you sent us. It has caused some excitement among the people here." 

Respectfully yours, W. C. Gilbert. 

August 23, 1880, he writes: "During the past week I have been canvassing in different 
parts of the county, and took the No. 1 machine with me, and dried fruit of different kinds for 
parties. It took well everywhere, and gave very good satisfaction. I have a contract now to 
evaporate the apples and peaches for Garfield's, and think I would have sold them a machine 
but for the press of campaign business." 

Respectfully, &c, W. C. Gilbert. 



Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio, October 4, 1880. 

American Drier Co., Gentlemen : " I have not been able to keep one of the No. 2 Driers 
for myself yet. As fast as they come they are wanted, and I let mine go. Now, I want one, 
and must have it. If we had four No. 2's they would all be taken this week. I will freeze 
to the next one for my own use. We have sold over twenty machines. 

P. S. — Please forward a No. 2 for me as quick as you can, I want to dry Mrs. Garfield's 
apples for her, beside many others are waiting. I have given mine up so often that ' patience 
has ceased to be a virtue.' I think everything of my Drier, and no person will get the next 
one that comes." 

Respectfully yours, Mrs. W. C. Gilbert. 



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Bacon, Coshocton Co., Ohio, September 30, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs : " I think the American Drier is the thing every farmer 
ought to have. I spent five days at our county fair with my Drier, and got a premium on it, 
and for evaporated apples and sweet corn. I did not show peaches but Mr. Wolf did, and he 
took the premium. They were beautiful; even better than the samples you sent us." 

Yours respectfully, Joseph Love. 

Neelysville, Morgan Co., Ohio, November 12, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs: "There have been a great many people come to see 
my Drier and fruit, and all have been highly gratified. I had some of my evaporated fruit'on 
exhibition at the tri-county fair, held at Beverly, Washington county. Also, the evaporated 
and conserved fruit at the Morgan county fair, held at McConnellsville, and I took first pre- 
mium at both fairs, and it seemed to be the center of attraction. Many persons were really 
excited over it, and would call their friends to see the display. One lady remarked : " It 
makes me sick of my dried fruit.' " 

Very respectfully, Chester M. Wilson. 



Beach City, Ohio, September 7, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen : " The American Drier is a perfect success. Have 
dried apples, peaches, grapes, and tomatoes to perfection. We are proud and saucy with it. 
We do not need any more samples, as we can make 'em. Like every other good thing it holds 
every inch of ground as it advances, and other machines must clear the way." 

Most respectfully yours, A. W. Stambaugh. 



Liberty, Va., November 9, 1880. 
Americaii Drier Co: "The Drier does excellent work, and I shall want your largest 
Drier for another season." 

Very respectfully, John G. Kasey. 

MlDDLETOWN, FREDERICK COUNTY, VA., August 22, l88o. 

American Drier Co ., Dear Sirs : " I have used the Drier on cherries, berries, corn, and 
apples, and all who see the fruit are much pleased with the work it does." 

Respectfully, Mrs. B. F. Smith. 



Foltz, Franklin County, Pa., September 23, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs: "The Drier was duly received. I am perfectly de- 
lighted with it, and Mr. Shelly, who took no stock in it all when it came, is so much pleased 
with it now that he thinks we could not do without it at all." 

Yours respectfully, Mrs. Jacob Shelly. 



Sugar Grove, Warren County, Pa, October 10, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gents : " The Drier ordered by me arrived in good order and is 
satisfactory. I had it to the annual fair of the Union Agricultural Society held at this place. 
Received the first premium on the Drier, and also on the evaporated apples, peaches, pears, 
and potatoes." 

Yours, &c., T. S. Brown. 



Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, December 9, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs: "I am well satisfied with the machine, and it is just 
as you recommended it. I would like to know if I could be an agent or not." 

Yours truly, Ephraim Gilc.en. 



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Office of J. G. Simmons, Produce Commission Merchant, 
Cleveland, Ohio, October 28, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gentlemen : "Both machines are doing excellent work." 

Yours truly, J. G. Simmons. 

Under date of November 13, 1880, he writes : "Am getting along very well. Making about 
500 to 600 pounds evaporated apples daily on my two No. 3 machines. I can cheerfully 
recommend them to any one." 

Yours truly, J. G. Simmons. 



Parkersburg, W. Va., August 25, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Gents : " We have dried or evaporated on our machine — a No. 2 — 
apples, peaches, tomatoes, and corn, and all we have evaporated I pronounce a complete suc- 
cess, especially the tomatoes. They surprise our women; they have cooked the tomatoes and 
report one quarter pound of dried tomatoes in quantity, and better in quality, to one quart of 
canned ones. Is that saying too much ?" 

Yours truly, M. P. Amiss. 

Under date of September II, 1880, Mr. Amiss writes: "I had our machine on the fair 
grounds, and all who saw it commended it, and I think the public generally consider it the 
machine for this section, and many from the back counties of the State seem surprised to see 
such a complete way of saving their fruits, and especially the wives and daughters of the 
farmers would say ' We must have one.' I had on exhibition apples, peaches, tomatoes, and 
dried corn. Took first premium on dried fruits and diploma on machine." 

Yours truly, M. P. Amiss. 



Ellery, N. Y., March 12, 1881. 
American Drier Co., Gents : " Enclosed find samples of dried fruit, made on my No. 2 
American Drier. I have ten barrels like samples. There are two or three other driers of 
different kinds near me, but every one that has seen their fruit say that mine is far ahead of 
theirs." 

Yours with respect, Ross H. Haviland. 



Cambell's Station, Tenn., April 11, 1881. 
American Drier Co. : " I got one of your Driers that you shipped to Concord in 1880, 
and am well pleased with it." 

Yours respectfully, A. M. Smith. 



Little Hocking, Washington County, Ohio, October 23, 1880. 
To American Drier Co., Dear Sirs : " I have recently bought a No. 2 Drier, and send 
you samples of the work I have done. We are sorry now that we did not get it sooner. Ours 
is the first machine in the neighborhood ; several others would have got this fall if they had 
known of them sooner. All that have seen it are highly pleased with its work. If you would 
like an agent in this county I would be glad to act for you in that capacity, and think in 
another year a great many could be sold within a few miles of us." 

Respectfully yours, Augusti F. Curtis. 



Pittston, Chatham Co., N. C. August 4, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs : " I send you samples of both apples and peaches dried 
on the Drier. I might say that we are well pleased with the way the Drier works its pro- 
ducts. The only thing in which our expectations are not realized is the labor in the prepara- 
tion of the fruit for the Drier, which makes peaches worth about twenty cents per bushel. 
What can you give me here in central North Carolina as territory for the agency of the Drier?" 
Yours truly, Prof. W. H. G. Adnay. 

[Note. — Prof. A. should have our Rotary Knife Peach Parer. — American Drier Co.] 



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Haw River P. O., N. C, August 9, 1S80. 
American Fruit Drier Co., Dear Sirs ; " My friends are demonstrating to the satisfac- 
tion of all parties, the workings of the Drier, and by another year their minds will be fully pre- 
pared. They are now regretting not having taken hold sooner. We regret not having or- 
dered a No. 3 Drier, as the fruit is wasting. The Drier will be the order here in a few years. 
People are now getting their eyes and ears open. They must first see before they will hear, 
so as to understand, and think seriously and conclude." 

Very respectfully, Dr. W. F. Bason. 



Portland, N. Y., July 20, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs : I am just through with my berries. I had three or four 
hundred pounds of raspberries dried. My No. 2 Drier does perfect work. 

Yours respectfully, C. M. Case. 

Deansville, Oneida Co., N. Y., December 26, 1S80. 
American Drier Co., Dear Sirs : "After a thorough trial of the No. 3 Drier on apples, I 
am satisfied that it will do all that is claimed for it." 

Yours respectfully, C. L. Brooks. 



North Rose, Morgan Co., N. Y., November 24, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs : " I send you to-day by mail a sample of fruit dried on your 
No. 2 Drier. We like the Drier very much, and think it does nice business." 

Respectfully, Charles G. Oaks, Jr. 



Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y , A T ovember 15, 1880. 
American Drier Co., Sirs : " I have commenced using the Drier, and we are almost in 
ecstacies over it. The fruit looks very nice that we have dried ; still I think we shall do bet- 
ter when we have used it more." 

November 26, he writes : "We are daily improving in the looks of our fruit, and can beat 
any of the Driers around here. I can dry fifty pounds of apples on my No. 2 Drier in a day, 
and shall have about two tons of dried apples. Some of our apples will yield about eight 
pounds per bushel." 

Yours, &c, E. Tarbox. 



Phelps, N. Y., September 9, 1880. 
Gents : " Yours received containing instructions, and I am very glad to get them. All my 
neighbors join in saying that I am turning out the nicest fruit they have seen. My apples yes- 
terday were very dry, every particle of moisture being extracted. The twenty-ounce apples 
are as nice a lot of dried fruit as I ever saw, and will make six pounds per bushel." 

Yours, &c, E. Seager. 

Milton, N. Y , September 1, 1880. 
The American Drier Co., Dear Sirs : " We send you samples of dried apples, and we 
think them very nice. We wish you to make us your agents for this place for the American 
Drier. There have been parties to see our Driers, and they like them very much." 

Yours truly, Ball & Perkins. 

Wii.kesboro, N. C, October 20, 1881. 
American Fruit Drier Co., Gents : I am more than pleased with the Drier. A great 
many of our farmers and fruit-growers come to look at it, and are equally as well pleased with 
it. I shall take some orders for another year. 

Very truly, &c, H. H. Crowson. 



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Bridgton, Maine, December 20, 1881. 
American Manufacturing Co., Gentlemen ; We like our Drier first-rate. It does nice 
work, but have not yet got through as much per day as you claim. I send you sample of my 
work. I have about five tons like sample sent. 

Yours truly, F. H. Burham. 

Short Creek, Harrison Co., Ohio, December 29, 1881. 
RESrECTED Friends : We believe the people are being awakened to the real tacts in the 
case and value of the machine. Now, concerning our own Drier, we have been running it 
just enough to save specked apples. Began to dry last part of ninth month. Marketed early 
and fallen fruit, and saved only specked apples to dry, and have followed up that business in 
just that way until now. Have on hand seven hundred pounds of dried apples, sold to H. D. 
Bogardus, eight hundred pounds, at thirteen cents; sold two hundred pounds to a man in 
Pittsburgh, at twelve cents; total, seventeen hundred pounds dried apples that would other- 
wise been an entire loss. Friends, we are well pleased with the machine, especially with No. 
3, and believe that ere long many others will use them. 

Respectfully, Wm. C Johnson & Bros. 






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We devote some space to a few extracts taken from the correspondence of 
the past season. On account of the information they contain, many inquiries 
are thereby answered more satisfactorily than we have leisure to do in the press 
of a busy time. We ask a careful perusal by all who interested. 

Parties making inquiry of these patrons will confer a favor on us if they will 
enclose postage for replies. As friendly, but disinterested, parties we do not 
wish to impose a tax upon them. 

Six Roads, Bedford County, Pa., January 6, 18S2. 
American Manufacturing Co., Genes : The three evaporators I placed in this neighbor- 
hood have raised quite an excitement, and all are well pleased. I have three acres in apple 
orchard and evaporated over #200 worth of dried fruit in one No. 2 Drier, of Windfalls, in 
less than two months. I could not have made #20 cash out of the apples. I would not take 
5200 in gold for my No. 2 Evaporator if I would have to do without one. It paid me well 
this season. 

Yours truly, Thos. S. Holsinger. 



Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas, Jan nary 9, 1882. 
American MANUFACTURING Co., Dear Sirs : I will say that our No. 3 Drier comes fully 
up to all that you claim for it. We expect to make three or four times the price of it in that 
many weeks, (on peaches.) We are proud of our fruit, and cannot help boasting a little to 
friends and visitors that the Queen of England cannot get better fruit than we have. We never 
fail to take down a box and show it. Pretty as a picture, and smells like a posy. 

Respectfully, Wm. Hardaker. 



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Hess Road, Niagara County, N. Y., January 10, 1882. 
American Manufacturing Co., Gents : I am confident that the American Evaporator is 
the best that is made. It will do better work than any other that I have yet seen, and it will 
do more according to the cost than those large driers of any other make. 

Yours respectfully, John V. H ess. 



Sherman, N. Y., January II, 1882. 
American Manufacturing Co., Gents ; We have run the machine purchased of you last 
season, four months, and have made a fine lot of fruit, which we sold in Chicago at fourteen 
cents per pound. The party who purchased it say that it was the finest lot that they received 
this season. This speaks well for the Drier. 

Yours truly, Thos. S. Hannon. 

Strong, Franklin County, Me., September 30, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " Mr. Rollins was getting his Drier well under way the first of 
last week, and was doing good work. Mr. O. P. Whittier is doing much better than when he 
first commenced on his No. 3. Last week he dried 250 bushels of apples, and stopped Satur- 
day noon; it was a very bad, rainy week. This week he expects to dry 300 bushels." 

Yours, &c, O. S. Norton. 



South Litchfield, Me., September 12, 1882. 
Sirs : " We are using the Evaporator ; we like it very much; it gives good satisfaction." 

Lopham & Packard. 



Bridgetown, Me., August 29, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " The apples dried on my No. 3 American Evaporator last year 
were the best that were sold in the Portland market; so says the firm that handled them. If 
the crop was as good as last year I would have ordered one or two more of same size." 

Yours, &c, F. H. Burnham. 



Farmington Falls, Franklin County, Me., October 30, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gents.: I ordered, through your agent, a No, 3 Evaporator, which I have 
had in operation day and night since September 18. Have worked mostly on apples, with 
good results. I think the average will be 50 bushels per day. I am well-satisfied with the 
Drier, and next season I shall want a No. 4 machine, and could place some orders for you if 
so desired. 

Yours truly, O. P. Whittier. 



December 29, 1882, he writes: " I used the No. 3 the past season with ordinary care and 

diligence, have evaporated 9,875 pounds of as good stock as any machine can make, the work 

of seven weeks. Next season I wish to use one of your No. 4 machines, and perhaps shall 

decide to purchase another No. 3 to use with this one." 

O. P. Whittier. 



Winthrop, Maine, October 28, 1882. 
Gents ; " I am turning out some nice evaporated apples this season on the American pur- 
chased last year. Am much pleased with the machine. Hope you are selling many this 
season." 

Very truly yours, W. II. Kieth. 



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Livermore Falls, Maine, December 22, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen: "The parties to whom I have sold evaporators are all im- 
mensely pleased with them. Mr. W. is a thorough business man and claims to have made a 
big success with his machine." 

Respectfully, A. D. Brown. 



Livermore Falls, Maine, December 29, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gents ; " Perhaps you know that I purchased a No. 2 American Evaporator 
of your agent at this place. It reached me about the middle of September, and the next day 
a terrible storm brought most of the apples to the ground. I put up my Drier at once and 
went to work on these windfalls. Apples were somewhat scarce this year, and my neighbors 
sold theirs for thirty-five cents per bushel. Now for the result of my work. The product of 
windfalls by my No. 2 Drier was 1,050 pounds of dried fruit, which sold in Boston at seven- 
teen cents per pound. Messrs. Eustis & York, who sold the dried apples for us, say this is the 
best sale they know of. Our apples have averaged about six pounds per bushel. We are 
more than pleased with our success. Our Drier cost us $80, and we have received about 
twice that amount for our first experiment, which is worth money to us in the future. The 
Drier has been a profitable investment for me." 

Very truly, Henry D. Parke. 



East Bethel, Vt., December 15, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Sirs; "We send you samples by mail. We are well satisfied with our 
Drier." 

Respectfully, Peak & Buck. 



Isle La Mott, Vt., December 26, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co. : " Can you get us up a label for our evaporated apples, something like what 
we have outlined in poster enclosed ? We now intend putting in five or six more evaporators. 
Our No. 4 is making the best of work." 

H. H. Hill & Co. 

[We are getting up a new handsome box-label in colors for our patrons. — Am. Mfg. Co.] 

Weathersfield, Vt., Septetnber 29, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen ; " I placed my No. 2 on exhibition at our county fair, and was 
awarded a diploma. The Drier attracted more attention than all the machinery and imple- 
ments in the hall. They are going to sell with a rush when the Yankees get fair sight of the 
dollars in the thing. Evaporated fruit and evaporators were hardly known here two years 
ago, and hardly noticed at a fair, but now they are the observed of all observers." 

Yours truly, Sidney J. Bronson. 



Springfield, Vt., September 5, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " Having seen your evaporators, and operated one for a while, 
I find them all you represent, and write to learn if you have an agent in either of the following 
counties." 

Yours truly, W. A. Hicks. 



West Newberry, Mass., April 22, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gents ; " Every one who has seen my fruit says that it looks better than that 
evaporated in the other driers. I am satisfied it is the best machine. I think if there is a 
crop of apples, I will sell a number in this neighborhood." 

Respectfully yours, Henry Merrill. 



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Lowell, Mass., November 4, 1882. 
Gentlemen ; "As far as I have heard from the Evaporators they have done all that is 
claimed for them, and have given perfect satisfaction." 

Respectfully, H. A. Fif.lding. 

Merrimac, Mass., October 24, 1882. 
Am. Mfg Co., Dear Sirs ; " I had my No. I on exhibition at Newburyport. It was the 
first of the kind ever exhibited there, and was the center of attraction. I am now running it 
at home ; put 8 bushels through per day, and think it is perfect every way. Many persons 
are after me to dry some for their own use. They say, • We don't want any more sun-dried 
fruit.' " 

Respectfully yours, Frank E. Bartlett. 



Ellery Center, Chautauqua County, N. Y., May 9, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " I received a letter from J. H. W., of N. J., asking about your 
Drier. I gave him a good report. I send you samples of my apples dried last year. I sold 
them for the highest price." 

Yours, &c, Ross H. Haviland. 



Kendia, N. Y., April 17, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs: "Will you please send me a few catalogues for 1882? The 
Drier I bought last season works to perfection. I think a number could be sold this season." 

Yours, &c, Wm. W. Clarkson. 



Ludlowville, N. Y., September 25, 1882. 

Dear Sirs : "The Drier I bought of Farley works all right." 

Yours, &c, S. T. Barnes. 



Easton, Washington County, N. Y., September 8, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : " I exhibited my Evaporator and evaporated corn and apples 
at county fair, and received first premium on all. The Evaporator attracted a great deal of 
attention. The dried apples and corn were boss. I send you a sample of each. Many will 
want machines next year." 

Yours truly, C. C. Allen. 



Later he writes : " Am running my No. 3 Evaporator all O. K. J. H. B. was down to-day; 

he is perfectly satisfied and pleased over his No. 2 on drying melon and cucumber seeds for 

market. He says he has saved #15 and interest for one year just on seeds. On apples he 

runs 10 bushels without hurrying ; one man doing the preparing of the fruit and running the 

machine alone. How is that ? " 

C. C. Allen. 

Motts' Corners, N. Y., September 25, 1882. 
Gentlemen : " I am working your Evaporator No. 2, and am making fine stock. I am well- 
pleased with it; it works^plendidly." 

Respectfully yours, R. G. Tucker. 



New Egypt, N. J., October 17, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " I made hosts of friends at Mt. Holly fair, for the American. 
It attracted more attention than any other farm machine or implement on exhibition. I was 
awarded a medal and favorable mention in the published reports." 

Jos. H. Woodward. 



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New Hampton, Orange Co., N. Y., September 30, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co,, Gentlemen : " I am one of the directors of our agricultural society, and 
have just closed my labors there, and turned my thoughts to my own affairs. I had my Evap. 
orator on the grounds. It was a great surprise tome that the people manifested so much interest 
in it at first sight. Myself and attendant both were kept busy answering questions, and show, 
ing the operation of the machine. Had this been a fruit year we certainly could have sold a 
great many machines." 

Respectfully yours, W. E. Arnold. 

South Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y., September 13, 1882. 
Gentlemen: I fired the Evaporator last Monday for the first time. Am drying corn. Have 
succeeded in scorching about two quarts, and soured about one quart. Have dried two hun- 
dred and fifty pounds to date. I must say the corn is splendid. 

Yours with respect, Henry Turner. 

[About a fair average for a new hand on corn for the first day or so. — Am. Mfg. Co.] 

Cobbleskill, N. Y., October 27, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : "I bought one of your fruit Driers, No. 2, of Mr. Loucks, 
your agent for this county. I inclose sample of our work. We are doing well, and are well 
pleased with the machine." 

Yours respectfully, J. W. Conover. 



Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., October 20, 1882. 
W. W. Crittenden, General Agent, Phelps, N. Y., Dear Sir . " I received Evaporator, 
No. 2, and am much pleased with its work. It does not come up to capacity that they claimed 
for it. It will run about twelve bushels in as many hours." 

Yours respectfully,, T. E. Hart. 

[Note. — We only advertise twelve to fifteen bushels per day. It is possible to evaporate 
twenty bushels per day with a No. 2. — Am. Mfg. Co.] 



Lowell, Oneida Co., January 15, 1883. 
W. W. Crittenden, General Agent, Phelps, N. Y., Dear Sir : " I have twenty three hun- 
dred pounds of choice evaporated apples made on the American, packed ready for market. My 
apples are No. I goods, and I want all there is in them. My cores and skins brought me as 
jelly stock more than twice enough to pay fuel, hired help, and all expenses of running. I 
have been hoping prices would go to eighteen cents per pound." 

Very truly yours, A. A. Rogers. 

[Note — Mr. Rogers' stock would now, February, 1883, command eighteen cents whole- 
sale, in eastern markets. — Am. Mfg. Co.] 



Six Roads, Bedford County, Pa., January 24, 1883. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : " The apple crop has been an entire failure here this year; but 
our No. 2 Evaporator has paid us big interest. We dried lots of sweet corn, tomatoes, pump- 
kins, and cabbage. The dried cabbage is splendid ; we cut it on a slaw-knife, and it dries 
very fast. It should be soaked 10 hours to prepare it for table use. I was at Mr. D. S. Sell's, 
to whom I sold a No. 2 Evaporator last year. Mrs. Sell is so well-pleased with it that she 
would not do without one nohow. She had no apples, but she has about paid for the Evapor- 
ator by drying pumpkins, berries, and cabbage. To her belongs the credit of first evaporating 
cabbage in this section." 

Yours truly, Thos. S. Holsinger. 



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Hopewell, N. J., December 25, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " If agreeable to you I would like to represent your Evaporator 
another year in this county. What machines I sold have given entire satisfaction. One party 
who purchased a No. o of me used it exactly two weeks to the very day, and have already 
sold enough of the product to pay for it, besides having a sufficient quantity left for family use. 
If next year should be a good fruit year I can sell quite a number." 

Yours truly, J. M. Dalrymple. 



Mount Vale, N. J., December 20, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen ; "After getting the proper way of using my No. 2 Evaporator, 
I find that I can do splendid work on raspberries, blackberries, and apples, and just superb on 
sweet corn." 

Garret F. Herring. 



Spring Run, Franklin County, Pa., September 25, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " The parties to whom I sold Evaporators this season are much 
pleased with them. Mrs. Smith has some very fine cherries which she will send you. They 
are making a favorable impression." 

Yours, with respect, J. |. Devor. 



Media, Delaware County, Pa., August 4, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Sirs : " Our Drier is working magnificently." 

Yours respectfully, Emily Forsythe. 



Spring Run, Pa., November 1, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : You gave the Evaporator the right name when you called it a 
household necessity. The black rot was destroying our potatoes, and to save them we evapor- 
ated them, and now they are safe with all the qualities of fresh potatoes. We have evapor- 
ated raspberries, blackberries, cherries, apples, peaches, pears, quinces, plums, grapes, pota- 
toes, tomatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn, beans, and cabbage. No equal investment on the farm 
pays as well. The American is a favorite at this place. Those who have them would not be 
without, and scores tell me they will buy when they have fruit." 

Yours, with respect, J. J. Devok. 



Jenkintown, Pa., October 23, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen ; " I send you to-day by express a small box of evaporated fruit, 
such as I am making. Please tell me what you think of it. Everything that I have evapor- 
ated this season has done well, except asparagus, which cooks about as well as rye straw and 
not much better. If we have fruit next year I can sell some machines." 

Very respectfully yours, Jacob Armetage. 

[Note. — Asparagus should be parboiled before being evaporated. — Am. Mfg. Co.] 



Sun Prairie, Wis., October 18, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co.: "Drier received, it makes a great sensation among the people. It is the 
only one in this county. I think they will find a large sale here." 

Matt. Kleiner. 



Daleville, Lackawanna County, Pa. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs ; " To-day I send you samples of fruit — apples and tomatoes — 



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evaporated in your machine. They are my first make, and while I think them very fine, will 
feel grateful for any suggestions. I am greatly pleased with the Drier, especially as it con- 
firms the opinion of years ago, that the American embodies the right principles for speedy 
and perfect evaporation of the water from fruit, leaving only the natural qualities and flavor of 
the fruit. I regret, however, that I did not purchase last year as I intended, but delayed 
because I expected a poor fruit year, whereas the yield was a large one." 

Yours in haste, J. K. Helmbold. 



New Enterprise, Bedford County, Pa., November 27, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : " We have just finished drying. We have dried all kinds of 
fruits and vegetables, and must say that we do not think the American can be excelled. We 
have dried a large lot of cabbage, when people found out how nice it was dried, they brought 
wagon loads to us for drying. Some of the neighbors made fun of us for getting such a dear 
drier, but they have changed their notions already, and by spring we will let them know what 
is in such a machine." 

Yours respectfully, Daniel S. Sei.i . 



Lewes, Delaware, September 29, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Sirs: "The evaporator works well, but is too small. I wish now I had 
bought a No. 2. There have been a great many people come to see it and our work, and all 
have been highly gratified. We are much pleased with it. Will sell it and get a No. 2 next 
year. 1 think a number will be sold next year, as the people are delighted with my Drier." 

Yours respectfully, John N. Hood. 



Dover, Delaware, September 6, 1882. 

Am. Mfg. Co., Gents : " I presume you would like to hear from me and how the evaporator, 
No. 3, works. Am making very fine fruit, and comparing with other evaporators here, can 
say I believe I am surpassing them all. If there be any fruit here next year, lookout for a big 
sale of the American down here." 

Very truly yours, L. W. Warner. 

[/Vote. — Mr. Warner lives at Orleans, Ontario county, N. Y. He contributed of his 
evaporated peaches to our Delaware agent, W. P. Norns, in the display of evaporated fruits 
at Delaware State fair, which was awarded the highest premium — a silver medal. In view 
of the competition in evaporators and evaporated fruits, in this, the head center of the peach 
evaporating business of the world, comment is unnecessary- — Am. Mfg. Co.] 

Waterberry, Anne Arundle County, Ma, September 11, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : "I have some of the prettiest evaporated peaches I have yet 
seen, also apples and corn. My evaporator was the first that came into this neighborhood, and 
I think it will be the means of selling a number of others. Some gentlemen who were about 
to buy a different drier came to see mine. I advised them to get a larger size than mine, 
which they did, and are well-pleased, and consider them far superior to the kind they pro- 
posed to get. One of them told me the other day he would buy the second one next year. I 
advise gentlemen by all means to buy the No. 2 or 3 si/.e ; but for myself I prefer the No. 1, 
as they are easier for a lady to manage." 

Respectfully, Miss A. W. Whitney. 



Ararat, Patrick County, Va., October 9, 1882. 
Am. Mfu. Co., Gentlemen: " Your Fruit Drier is a perfect machine for the business. I am 
well-pleased with it; so are all who have seen it work." 

Yours truly, N: H. SCALES. 



The American Fruit Evaporator. 35 

Stewartsvillk, Va., September 26, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : Evaporator is working well ; am much pleased with it. Have 
shown it to a number of people, and all are pleased ; and if not so late many would order. 

Yours truly, S. Booton. 



Goode's Crossing, Bedford County, Va., September, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen ; " 1 have the No. 3 running ; it works very well. I send you 
samples of my work." 

Respectfully yours, * >. 1'. Curtis. 



Howell, Patrick Co., Va., October 12, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : " I am well pleased with my No. 2 Evaporator. I have dried 
^130 worth to date. I worked it myself, with three little children. It does all you say it will 
do. My wife and children do the work, except getting the wood. She says she would not 
give it for the best horse she knows of. I hope I will soon want to buy another one and use 
two instead of one." 

Respectfully yours, H. C. Light. 



Culpepper, Va., November 14, 1882. 
Gentlemen : " Fruit of all kinds was an entire failure here this season. I have many 
promised purchasers for next season. I succeeded well with my machine, but could not get 
fruit enough to keep ittunning one tenth of the time. I exhibited it at our fair, and took first 
premium. I shall want another myself next season if there is much fruit." 

Truly yours, N. Penick. 

Warrenton, Va., December 2, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " Owing to scarcity of fruit I did not evaporate much, but am 
highly pleased with the Evaporator. I have distributed samples of fruit and vegetables among 
many who have large orchards, and who should buy an Evaporator." 

Yours respectfully, Henry J. Hutton. 

Copper Hill, Va., December 4, 1882. 
Dear Sirs : " I have run the machine. It seems to work like a charm. I think it will 
come fully up to recommendation." 

Yours, &c, 1'. B. Ai.iiridge. 



Edneyville, Henderson County, N. C, September 4, 1882. 

Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : '•! am running one of your No. 3 evaporators this season. Am 
well pleased with it. Have about 2,500 pounds of peaches. Am now going to run on apples. 
I send you samples of my peaches. I want the agency for Polk county. Let me hear from 
you." 

Yours, &c:, J. A. Merrell. 



Greensboro', \. ('., August 11, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Sirs : "The fruit fair is over. I took the lust premium on evaporator and 
on fruit. Had the machine in full blast at the fair, and the work to show for itself. There 
were five other machines on exhibition, but I just cleared them all out. [ can say to you the 
American stands ahead, No. 1. in this section." 

M. T. Hughes. 



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Ashevii.lk, \ T . C, December 15, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : "The No. 3 American Evaporator I purchased of your agent 
at this place, T. I. Van' Gilder, is all that you recommend. Success to you." 

H. H. Webb. 

FAIRVIEW, N. C, December 19, 1882. 
Am. Meg. Co., Sirs : The six No. 3 American Evaporators that I purchased 01 T. I. Van 
Gilder, your agent at Ashville, costing #1,050, and freight, have given perfect satisfaction. 
They beat any other machines in this section." 

Yours truly, Jason Ashworth. 

[Note. — We bought several tons of Ashworth 's pared peaches, and believe they were the 
finest lot of evaporated peaches ever sent out of the old North State. — Am. Mfg. Co.] 



Bald Creek, Yancey Co., N. C, December 18, 1882. 
T. I. Van Gilder, Asheville, N. C, Dear Sir ; " The No. o American I purchased of you 
gives me great pleasure, and I believe it to be just the thing wanted by fruit-growers in this 
section. I am doing nice work with it, turning out a better quality of fruit than any other ma- 
chine in this section. I wish now I had bought a No. 2. I send you some samples of apples 
and peaches. Yours truly, J. R. Neill. 

[Note. — Mr. J. R. Neill is the boss fruit-grower and expert of western North Carolina, and 
is acknowledged as such by everybody of this section. His opinion is invaluable. 

T. I. Van Gildek, 
Agent for Western iVort/i Carolina. 



Fredonia, Ala., August 5, 1882. 

W. S. Ford, General Agent, Montgomery, Ala., Dear Sir : " We have succeeded very 
well with the No. 2 American Evaporator. We have in this section, I think, the finest fla- 
vored peaches in the world. We have evaporated several hundred pounds already, and have 
just commenced. My wife superintends the work, and everything is done right. I want to 
dry a lot of sweet potatoes, and grind them in my mill. Is it practicable to dry without cook- 
ing them first ?" Respectfully yours, W. P. Orme. 

[A T ote — We received some of Mr. Orme's fruit; it was first class. Sweet potatoes should 
be parboiled and pared before being evaporated. — Am. Mfg. Co.] 

Roanoke, Ala., January 19, 1883. 

Wm. S. Ford, Agent, Dear Sir ; "The No. 1 American I bought of you last July has given 

me perfect satisfaction. It does all that is claimed for it. I have sold my apples by the box 

at 15 ceuts per pound, and peaches and pears at 25 cents. I could have got better prices for 

my peaches if I had followed directions and cut them in halves only, instead of small pieces." 

Respectfully, C. C. Pittman. 

Notasulga, Ala., 1882. 
Wm. S. Ford, Agent, Dear Sir " The No. 1 American we purchased of you has given 
us entire satisfaction. In our opinion no better quality of fruit can be made by any process." 

Mrs. A. W. Simpson, 

Miss S. B. Terrell. 

Montgomery, Ala., October 15, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " The American Fruit Drier or Evaporator purchased from 
your agent, Mr. Ford, is all you represent it to be ; works well, and dries fully as fast as claimed.' 

Yours truly, H. M. Bush. 



Gurleysville, Ala., January 3, 1883. 
Wm. S. Ford, General Agent, Dear Sir ; " The No. 1 American Fruit Evaporator you sold 
me has exceeded my most sanguine expectations as to quality of product, but not all I ex. 



The American Fkuit Evaporator. 37 

pected in quantity; but, upon consideration, I, like many others, expected too much, and a 
better knowledge of working increased that. My little daughter Mary, 13 years of age, worked 
the Drier. She received a silver cup for the best dried fruit at Huntsville Fair, and a silver 
cup and fruit knife from the State Fair for the best exhibit. I exhibited my Evaporator at 
Huntsville and worked it on the grounds, and received first award for best Fruit Evaporator. 
I shall want a No. 2 this year. I would not be without one for twice its cost. I got 20 cents 
for my apples, 25 cents for pared peaches, and from 12 to 15 cents for unpared peaches." 

Yours truly, A. F. Blair. 



Campbell's Station, East Tenn., September 28, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Sirs : " I send you samples of the different kinds of evaporated fruit I have 
made in the American. I am well-pleased with it." 

Respectfully yours, Mrs. S. A. Tayi.er. 



Greenville, Tenn., August 30, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " We will place some evaporated fruit at the fair held here, 
and have no doubt it will take first premium, as it is the best I ever saw. The evaporator is 
doing splendid work." Yours, &c., M. F. Nice. 



Shelbyville, Tenn., September 27, 1882. 
Gentlemen : " The evaporator arrived in good order, and I like it much. Our Bedford 
county fair will commence to morrow, and I shall shew how the evaporator dries apples then." 

Yours, &c, Thos. C. Ryall, Sr. 



Rheatown, Tenn., September 30, 1882. 
Mathes & Miller, Agents, Gents : " The No. 2 American that I bought of you has fully 
met all that was claimed for it. I am well pleased with it. It does the work well and expe- 
ditiously. In fact the product is the best I ever saw. At the fair in this county, just closed, 
I took the first premium on evaporated apples over four contestants. In the short time I have 

had it, have made considerable more than enough to pay for it." 

Jesse Hays. 

Limestone, Tenn., September 29, 1882. 
Mathes & Miller, Agents, Gents : " In regard to the No. 2 American that you sold me, 
will say I am well pleased and regard it as the best machine for the purpose in the market, 
and that I have more than realized my most sanguine expectations in regard to it. I have 
made from it $300 clear money in the time it has been in use this season, and will want next 
season another to match this one, as my orchard is larger than the capacity of one machine." 

Yours truly, Saml. S. McAlester. 



Limestone, Tenn., October 2, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " We carried off the premium at agricultural fair. We are 
using a No. 3, and we are about done with our apples. The result is as follows : One lot of 
apples, 4,570 pounds, sold for IO^ cents per pound ; the last lot, over 4,000 pounds, sold to- 
day for 12 }4 cents per pound at the depot here, all in paper bags just as they were put up at 
the evaporator." Yours, &c, Mathes & Miller. 

Glasgow, Kentucky, July 21, 1882. 

Am. Mfg. Co., Gents.- " I am making as fine an article of evaporated fruits as I ever saw, 

and I have had samples from some of the so-called crack machines. Am too busy to send 

samples now, but will soon. Quite a number of persons have been here to see my No. 2 

evaporator working. Have given samples to all who are interested, and think I shall sell a 

number next year." 

Yours respectfully, James T. Barber. 



38 The American Fruit Evaporator. 

Au<nist 19, 1882, Mr. 13. writes: " I am doing beautiful work on my No. 2. I fear some of 
my fruit will rot on the trees. You may book me for one or two No. 3 Evaporators next year. 
It is a success, and so says every one who sees it. Mr. Ganter is using a Drier of another 
make. He was over to see me yesterday, and threw up the sponge. I regard this plan the 
only scientific one. A great advantage in your Evaporator is that you can fire up and in five 
minutes put in fruit and keep up a succession without delay or loss of heat in opening the ma- 
chine." James T. Barber. 

Mountain Home, Baxter Co., Arr., May 21, 1882. 

Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " I shipped some evaporated peaches prepared in your No. 2 
American, and sent them to St. Louis. They were exhibited on exchange, and created quite 
a sensation, and sold for much above the market price. The city papers mentioned them in 
the most flattering terms, and our State papers copied the article from the city papers. I ex- 
pect to prepare some fruit for the fair at Little Rock. There are a number of parties who want 
machines. J- S. Howard. 

August 28, Mr. Howard writes : " The No. o was duly received, and is now operated by 
one of my neighbors. We find it a perfect little queen. Every family with a dozen fruit 
trees should have one as a profitable investment. Many parties now say they will buy next 
year. 

November 16, Mr. II. writes: "The Evaporators sold here give complete satisfaction, and 
have yielded handsome returns to the owners. We have a fine peach country, and only need 
a supply of your Evaporators to render our fruit crops a source of revenue." 

Respectfully, J. S. Howard. 



Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 6, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gcntle?nen : " The man to whom I sold the larger machine, Mr. Herman, is 
delighted with it, and it has been a great advertisement for the American. Green Jenkins, for 
whom the No. o was ordered, says the neighbors have been going to see it, ' like it was a great 
show.' Green is a well-to-do colored man, and says he wants a larger machine next year." 

Respectfully, J. D. Wilson. 



Lane, Franklin Co., Kansas, September 8, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gents: " We are using one of your No. 1 Evaporators. It does perfect 
work, but we have not yet made it do as much as you claim. We wish we had got a No. 2." 

Yours, C. B. Whitacre, 

C. B. Way. 

Minneapolis, Kansas, September 8, 1882. 
Gentlemen : The machine at hand and doing first-class work. Will send samples. They 
are called handsome here. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfensperger's also arrived. They are much pleased 
with the Drier and its work. Yours respectfully, W. C. Seidel. 



Minneapolis, Kansas, September 18, 1882. 
To Am. Mfg. Co. : " Inclosed find samples. We are well satisfied with our evaporator and 
its work. I think we can find a ready market for all we have to sell at home." 

Yours respectfully, John Wolfensperger. 

Beach City, Ohio, October 6, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gents. : " The Baby Elephant, No. o, Evaporator came to hand in time for 
Canton fair. We had about 10,000 people to look at us. All were pleased. I like the heater 
of the No. o, it is so easily managed, has good draft. Some fifty persons told me they wanted 
such a drier next year. I will want a number of them early in the season to place with par- 
ties whose names I have. First premium on fruit, none offered on evaporator, but was given 
favorable notice." Yours truly, A. W. Stambaugh. 



The American Fruit Evaporator. 39 

Fort Scott, Kansas, October 22, 1882. 
Am. Mfc. Co., Sirs : " I placed a No. 1 Evaporator on exhibition at our county fair, and it 
attracted more attention than any thing there. We made some of the finest fruit there that I 
ever saw. All agreed it was just what we claimed it to be — the best drier in America. We 
have three evaporators in operation here, and all giving the best of satisfaction." 

Yours respectfully, S. I). Hart. 



HOLDEN, KANSAS, December 8, 1 882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen: "The No. 3 Evaporator I purchased of you in August I tested 
thoroughly for three months in evaporating peaches, apples, and sweet corn. It behaved ad- 
mirably in every case, doing the work perfectly. All the evaporated products called forth 
admiration from all who saw them. 1 )ur evaporator had a competitor in our town. One of 

the upright evaporators, and while it, the , makes nice fruit, it was the verdict 

of all who visited both machines, that in construction or principle of working and in capacity, 
the American is much superior, and it does not cost as much. I had no difficulty in evaporat- 
ing twenty bushels of apples in twelve hours. Your claim of thirty-five bushels per day, of 
twenty-four hours, is not extravagant. It is a paying investment. Think I shall try a Xo. 4 
next year." 

Respectfully yours, CHAS. G. TiAVN'senu. 



McCoNNELLSVILLE, OHIO, April 13, 1882. 

Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : " I have been handling some fruit evaporated in the American 
Evaporator, and find it gives splendid satisfaction, but at present I cannot get any of it, and 
thought you might perhaps have some, or could get some for me — apples, peaches, &c." 

Yours, &c, E. A. Dye. 



Bacon, Coshocton County, Ohio, October 26, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs . "Mr. R. M. Dougherty likes his evaporator very much, and is 
highly pleased with the product." Yours respectfully, Joseph Love. 

NEELVSyiLLE, OHIO, December 4, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : "The Drier I sold to Mr. E. T. Sell gave splendid satisfaction, 
and he says he wants a No. 3 next season. Three of his neighbors want his No. 2 if he gets 
another. The American is growing more and more in favor with the people. As soon as your 
catalogue for 1SS3 is ready send me some." 

C. M. Wilson. 



Little Hocking, ( >hio, October 27, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs: " We have just finished our apples: have nearly 4,000 pounds. 
People are opening their eyes at the amount of fruit we have evaporated from our little orchard, 
and only half crop at that. They begin to think it is as we told them; that they did not re- 
alize how much they lost by wasting fruit. We now show our faith in the Evaporator by our 
works, and others are beginning to have great faith in them." 

Respectfully yours, Mrs. H. C. Curtis. 



Durand, Mich., September 5, 1882. 
Am. Mfc Co., Dear Sirs : " I send you samples of my apples. I have shown my fruit to 
a number of persons ; they say they never saw anything like it. I like the Evaporator better 
the more I use it." Yours truly, Andrew Palmkk. 



January 15, iSS}, Mr. Palmer writes : •' As to the Evaporator, too much cannot be said for 
it. I sold my dried corn at good prices." ANDREW Palmer. 



40 The American Fruit Evaporator. 

Monroe, Mich., October 21, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : " I have just finished drying my sweet corn; have some 75 
bushels and about 12 bushels for a neighbor, i like my No. 3 Evaporator first rate. Three 
of us dried in 12 days 75 bushels of dried corn. All who see it say that it makes the nicest 
corn of any Drier around here, and there is lots of it dried here." 

Yours truly, Wm. DURKEE. 



Knoxville, Iowa, December 20, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " I have been thinking about writing to you for some time. 
We made on our No. 3 American 4,000 pounds of evaporated sweet corn and about 2,000 
pounds of apples. The machine is a success. We can, without crowding, dry two bushels of 
apples per hour in this machine. Yours, &c, A. O. Barnes. 



Sandoval, Ills., October 10, 1882. 

Am. Mfg. Co., Gents : " My Evaporators at Vandalia are astonishing the natives. My work 
is better than the samples you sent me. I sold the No. 2 to a party between here and Van- 
dalia, and he wants a No. 3 next season. Mr. Briggs is the most pleased man you ever saw ; 
he says he will have two more No. 3 Evaporators next year. I am running two No. 3 day and 
night. Yours truly, Dwight Stone. 

[ Note. — Mr. Stone writes us later that he sold his evaporated stock in St. Louis to J. C. 
Spring, merchandise broker, at 14^ cents per pound, at the time 1 cent above the highest 
quotations. Mr. S. is a New York State man who went to Illinois to evaporate apples because 
of the crop failure at home. P. O. address, Oswego, N. Y. 



Sterling, III., November 3, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " Enclosed find samples of my apples. Can they be improved ? 
The large Evaporator you sent to Kansas for me I used four weeks. The small one sent here 
one week. In both cases they gave perfect satisfaction, surpassing my highest expectations. 
Have you an agent in this county ? I would like to have it. 

Yours truly, John Wolfensperger. 



Warren, III., August 23, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : " I have started the No. o and it works like a charm." 

Yours, &c, A. L. Brink. 



Fairview, III., September 10, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co. : " I send you samples of my fruit. Our grocer here offers me fifteen cents 
per pound for all I can make. The neighbors are astonished at my fruit, and disgusted with 
the old way. I will only add, I am well pleased with the machine, and will recommend it to 
all. Yours truly, W. G. Swartz. 



Golconda, III., August 14, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Sirs : " My Drier to hand, and well pleased. There is a good deal of ex- 
citement over it. The editor of the paper gave the American quite a puff." 

Yours, &c, T. P. Williamson. 

October 11, 1882, Mr. Williamson writes: "I made seven premiums on Drier and fruits at 
our fair. More excitement over the Drier than anything on the ground. 

T. P. W. 

Stockton, Mo., January 22, 1883. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " We purchased two of your No. 3 machines. We like them, 
and we would like to have the agency for them ; let us know." 

Yours truly, E. M Dare & Co. 



The American Fruit Evaporator. 41 

Waverly, Mo., August 14, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gents " I went to Kansas City, and took some samples of my evaporated 
apples along, and went into a large wholesale house, and they would not let me go till they 
engaged all I had at ten cents per pound. I might have gotten more, but this will pay me 
well, and I will be running my evaporator (No. 3) for three months yet to its full capacity. I 
would like the agency." Yours truly, G. R. Keill. 

Shelbina, Mo., Septe?nber 24, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Sirs : "My drier does excellent work. All who have seen it or its work, 
say it turns out the best quality of fruit they ever saw. There are two parties near here having 
small driers of other kinds, but their work is far inferior to the work of the American. I had 
samples of evaporated fruit at fairs, and, of course, took first premium." 

Respectfully yours, F. E. Peters. 



Whitesville, Mo., September II, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Sirs: " I am running my No. 2 Evaporator, and am much pleased with it. 
I have examined four other kinds, and much prefer yours. The principles and operation of 
the American are satisfactory." Yours, S. K. Faulkner. 



Augusta, Mo., November 13, 1882. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gents : " In regard to the evaporator, I cannot say too much to praise it, 
and feel that if properly handled it is the best paying machine a farmer can have on his 
grounds." Yours truly, F. Tieman. 

Bushburg, Mo., January 6, 1883. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen ; " I have been using one of your No. 2 Evaporators the past, 
summer and fall, and find it far superior to any I have yet used or seen. My evaporated fruit 
commands the highest prices in the market; apples, 14 to 15 cents; peaches, 25 to 30 cents 
per pound. I am entirely pleased with it." Yours truly, J. A STURGES. 

Weaubleau City, Mo., December 20, 1S82. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gents : " I sold my entire stock of evaporated fruit (apples) at my door for 
1 iyi cents per pound ; had 3,500 pounds. Success to the American." 

Yours, &c, John A. Butler. 



Prairie City, Bates County, Mo., January 6, 1883. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Dear Sirs : " I took first premium at three fairs on my No. 2 American. 
Mr. Crane has sold #200 worth of evaporated fruit made on his No 1 American this season, 
and has some on hand yet." Respectfully yours, John B. DURAND. 

Clinton, Henry County, Mo., January 18, 1883. 
Am. Mfg. Co., Gentlemen : " I intended writing you sooner, but wished to sell my fruit 
first, and I feel much indebted to your company for my success in this business. I saved my 
entire crop of down apples, which dropped from the trees on account of the great heat and 
wind of one week, and which would have been a total loss, as apples were so plenty here. I 
evaporated on my No. 2, 355 bushels of apples, which made 2,250 pounds of evaporated fruit, 
which I sold here at 14^ cents per pound, making S326 25. Total expense of operating, in- 
cluding machine, freights, and incidentals, ^126 55. I have the Evaporator as good as new, 
and have called it the 'King' of all evaporators. I am indebted to the American for this 
achievement, and for doing for the fruit-growers of Missouri so much. I am perfectly satisfied 
with my success. Respectfully yours, J. M. Pretzinger. 



4 2 The American Fruit Evaporator. 



The public are cautioned not to make or use any fruit drier constructed or 
copied after the American, nor to purchase any Combination Patent Drier 
using the inclined flue — which are infringements on the American Drier patents — 
and all parties making or using them will be held liable according to law. 

We claim broadly by our letters patent — 

ist. The inclined drying box, flue or flues. 

2d. The successive arrangement of the trays on tracks or ways. 

3d. The combination of the drying box, flue, or flues, with the heater or hot- 
air chamber. 



ANSWERS TO CORESPONDENTS. 



v We devote some space in answering a few questions asked us almost daily 
throughout the year, on the score of economy in office work. 

Can I get the American Insured ? 

Yes. Several good home and foreign fire insurance companies insure the 
American, soliciting all the business they can get on our Evaporator at reason- 
able rates. Our fire record is exceptionally good. 

Can I Heat the American by Steam Heat? 

Yes. But not as efficiently nor as cheaply as with our furnaces. Steam heat 
makes good work, but is too slow. It has been thoroughly tested in Delaware 
and elsewhere, and has practically been abandoned. 

Will it Pay to Dry Grapes? 

No. Better sell them at a cent a pound fresh. Our grapes, east of California, 
will not make a raisin worthy of the name. Some California grapes are all 
right, and make the finest of raisins. 

Will it Pay to Evaporate Tomatoes for Market? 

No. For home use only. No market or demand as yet established. 

"Will it Pay to Evaporate Pumpkins for Market ? 

Generally speaking, no. Considerable trade is done in evaporated pumpkins, 
and then ground into meal. It makes a first-class custard or pie. The product 
is all right, but the trade is confined to those making it a special business. 



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43 



Is there a good Market for Evaporated Sweet Corn ? 

Yes. Practically unlimited, pays well, and the American has no successful 
rival in its manufacture. About three fourths of all the canned corn is put up 
in the winter from evaporated corn. 

Are there no Cheaper Evaporators than the American? 

Not any. Few, if any, as low-priced. None we know of as cheap. Nothing 
cheap about the American except the price. 

Will You Ship me an American on trial ? If satisfactory, 
will pay for it ; if not, will return it. 

No. Years ago, in its experimental stage, we secured its introduction to some 
extent that way. VVe don't find it necessary now, and have entirely abandoned 
that method. Would you do it if you were the American Manufacturing Co. ? 

Will You Express Evaporators C. O. D.? 

No. Express charges are too high. Purchasers then decline to pay the same, 
and are likely to report the machine subject to our order, at their express office, 
with charges thereon. 

Are Your Terms Cash with the Order? 

Yes. Unless we have had a business acquaintance with you, or your ratings 
in commercial reports and references, are entirely satisfactory. You run no 
risk in sending remittance by check, draft, registered letter, P. O. orders, or by 
express. Either of which is safe, and which you can trace to our office. As 
for our responsibility, we refer you to commercial reports or bankers. Cash 
orders always have preference, and are not subject to delays of corresponding 
with references or the delays attending the shipment if the nature of your 
offers is such that the office managers are unwilling to ship unless authorized 
to do so by our executive committee, all of which causes delay and vexation. 

Will You Insure the American to do all you Claim for It? 

No. While we know our Evaporator will do more than claimed in this man- 
ual, we insure nothing. We would not sell you an ax and insure it to cut half 
a cord of wood per day. Our margin on a single Evaporator is so small that it 
would not pay us to send a man to run your machine a day to satisfy you our 
claims were made good, and, in default of so doing, we would be at the mercy 
of your caprice or carelessness. We will assist you, however, if necessary, to 
make good all we claim. 

What will be the Freight Charges on a given Size? 

This we can only answer approximately ; generally, you can ascertain about 
as closely as we can. You can get rates from Harrisburg or Baltimore, per 
one hundred pounds, to your station. These points command all the important 
railroad and boat-lines of the United States. The cost from Waynesboro' to 



44 The American Fruit Evaporator. 

either is a mere trifle. In all cases we will get best possible rates. We ship 
largely also in car-loads, lots, and rates to various supply depots, and if we can 
fill your order cheaper as to freight, and save time, we, in such cases, forward 
your machine from such supply depot nearest you. 

Can You Ship Promptly on Receipt of Order? 

Yes. Few, if any, manufacturers ship as promptly as we do. Years of ex- 
perience have taught us, that, as a rule, when you want an Evaporator you want 
it very badly. We wish to impress, however, that your own interests are best 
served by ordering early. If we cannot ship promptly, or within the time you 
state, we will promptly return your remittance. 

What Discount Will You Give on a Sample Machine? 

None, as a rule. If you buy an Evaporator, and find your neighbors want 
them, and you apply for an agency, and it is granted, we will allow you, upon 
subsequent orders, agents' discount on your first order. 

What Apple-Parer, Corer, and Sheer to Buy— Is the Peach 

Parer Good? 

The Bay State Apple-parer, Corer, and Sheer, family size, price $i 50, is 
good. The Improved Bay State, price $3, is better and more durable. The 
Peach-parer is a success ; it gives satisfaction, and you run no risk in buying it. 
Price, $1 50. 

Note. — These prices are net. We handle them chiefly for your convenience ; 
but, unless ordered with Evaporators, so we can send them without extra cost 
or package, buy them of your hardware dealer, if you can. 

P. S. — For using with a No. o or No. 1 American Evaporator, the White 
Mountain Apple-parer, Corer, and Sheer, price $1, is as good as any, but not 
quite so fast. 

Can a Person of Ordinary skill work an American 
successfully? 

Yes. The American is the simplest evaporator in the market. The cur- 
rents of hot air are automatic self-regulating. The trays are entered all at one 
place, and successively the whole process is simply a succession of trays going 
in and coming out, as simple as feeding a corn-sheller. 

Will you take Evaporated Fruit in pay, or part pay, for 

an Evaporator? 

As a rule, no, but we will buy your evaporated fruit, or give you addresses 
of the best dealers, or either. Our interests are directly served by getting you 
the best possible market for anything you have to sell made on our Evaporator, 
and we will assist you as far as we can. 



The American Fruit Evaporator. 45 

Will you buy our Evaporated Fruit? 

We annually buy directly or indirectly large quantities. We handle noth- 
ing but the product of our Evaporators. Yet we wish it understood by our 
patrons that our business is to make and sell evaporators, and that our pur- 
chases of evaporated fruit are entirely optional with us, and are exercised chiefly 
in our patron's interest. 

Does your Evaporator infringe on other Patents? 

No. Our patents are the only safe ones for purchasers of evaporators (of 
this class) to invest money in. 

Do you employ Agents ? 

Yes ; and thoroughly protect them in their territory. If you have used our 
Evaporator, and have made a success of it, we would be pleased to correspond 
with you for your county, if we have no agent for the same. We want agents 
who understand the American well enough to be able to say enough for it 
without having to speak derogatively of other machines to effect sales. 

What Size Evaporator Shall I Buy ? 

Get a size larger, rather than smaller, than your supposed wants. Nine times 
out of ten a No. 2 will prove cheaper, more profitable, and satisfactory than a 
No. 1. For farmers with medium orchards No. 2 is our favorite. And for 
cost, capacity, and product, unqualifiedly the best Evaporator in America. 



In order to secure prompt and cheap freight rates, we are establishing a num- 
ber of supply depots, to which points we ship in car loads at low through rates 
of freight ; and whenever we can we fill orders direct from the nearest supply 
depot. In such cases your freight bill would be a. pro rata proportion of car- 
load rates, on your machine from Waynesboro', Pa., to such supply depot, and 
the freight from thence to destination. 



RYDER'S PORTABLE FURNAGE, BOILER, AND WASHER. 





PATENTED MARCH 25, IS52. 

le offer this apparatus as an auxiliary to the American Drier, for par- 
boiling and steaming corn, potatoes, etc., preparatory to drying. 

It is likewise a most admirable arrangement for canning and con- 
serving fruit, and for boiling fruit butter, marmalade, cider, jelly, 
etc., for cooking and steaming feed for stock ; for heating water for scalding 
hogs and poultry, and for many other domestic purposes. 

The above cut represents the Portable Furnace, with duplex clothes-washing attachment, 
A, B, C, all of which are removable. 

This machine, in its combination, is a stove or a furnace, washing-machine, wash boiler, and 
a double washing, blueing, and rinsing tub; which hold nearly thirty gallons each. It is esti- 
mated that a half cord of wood, or its equivalent in chips or corn cobs, will last a year to do 
the washing, clothes boiling, or bleaching for a family of eight persons. 

Aside from its advantages as a furnace and boiler for all domestic purposes, it must be re- 
membered that the DUPLEX Washer stands alone and above all other washing-machines as a 
washer, and at the price it is sold for, it is the cheapest because the most efficient washing 
machine ever offered to the American public. 

Every machine warranted to do all that is claimed for it. 

For illustrated catalogue with full particulars, testimonials, prices, etc., address, 



AGENTS WANTED. 



B. L. RYDER & CO., 

Manufacturers. Chambersburg, Pa. 



We have room only for the following — ONE OF many TESTIMONIALS : 

BloCKVII.LE, N. V., February 28, 1883. 

The Portable Furnace we bought in 1SS1 lias done us valuable service in parboiling corn 
preparatory to evaporating, for cooking chow-chow, sweet pickles, &c. We have used ours 
more particularly for making apple jelly from the skins and cores of the apples we evaporated, 
cooking them in water as fast as made in the rear apartment, straining, and then boiling the 
juice to jelly in front apartment, all with the same fire. We have found it a most profitable 
investment. Very respectfullv, Mrs. F. Pier. 



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The American Fruit Evaporator 

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No. o. American Evaporator — 22 inches wide, 6 feet long, 2 lines (8) 
trays . capacity, 3 to 4 bushels of apples per day. Weight, 200 
pounds. Price, $25. 
No. 1. American Evaporator — 22 inches wide, 6 feet long, 4 lines (14) 
trays ; capacity. 6 to 8 bushels of apples per day. Weight, 350 
pounds. Price, $50. 
No. 2. American Evaporator — 28 inches wide, 9)^ feet long, 4 lines (22) 
trays; capacity, 10 to 15 bushels of apples per day. Weight, 500 
pounds. Price. $75. 
No. 3 American Evaporator — 42 inches wide, 16 feet long, 6 lines (45) 
trays ; capacity, 35 to 45 bushels of apples per day. Weight, 
1,600 pounds. Price, $175. 
No. 4. American Evaporator — 7 feet wide, 18 feet long, 12 lines (102) 
trays; capacity, 90 to no bushels of apples per day. Weight, 
2,000 pounds. Price, $350. 
No. 5. American Evaporator — 7 feet wide, 24 feet long, 12 lines (138) 
trays; capacity, 130 to 150 bushels of apples per day. Weight, 
3,000 pounds. Price, $450. Built to order only. 
Apple parer, corer, and sheer, pares, cores, and slices all in one operation : 
Family size, .... $1.50 

Improved Bay State, P., C. & S., 3 00 

Improved Rotary Knife Peach Parer, 1.50 

Corn Cutting Knife, 1.00 

Peach Pitting Spoon, 20 



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Machines will be shipped promptly upon receipt of price or satisfactory refer- 
ences, by the best and cheapest route, securely cribbed. Remit by postal or- 
der, registered letter, check, or draft, payable to our order. Address all com- 
munications, 



A. H. 'Strickler, 

President. 



Waynesboro', Penrt a. 
Jos. Price, 
Vice President. 



Amos Stouffer, 
Secretary and Treasurer. 
Reference : First National Bank of Wavnesboro', Pa. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



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To our Patrons and the ■ uu.it. 



We enumerate among other claims of the American Evaporator, 
certain advantages secured by purchasers, in addition to its acknowl- 
edged structural superiority. 

1st. It is the only original Inclined Flue Evaporator, thoroughly 
protected by letters patent, and the only one which can guarantee 
protection and safety in its use against costly litigation, royalty and 
damages. See notice in Catalogue of our claims. 

2d. With it the individual farmer and orchardist can cheaply con- 
vert his surplus fruit into evaporated stock, equal in appearance and 
market value to that produced by the most thoroughly equipped and 
expensive commercial evaporator. 

3d. No farm implement will pay its cost so quickly, nor so many 
times in a season ; always ready, and the daily wasting fruit suggest- 
ing its use and reminding us " It is not what we make but what we 
save that accumulates wealth." 

4th. Strong currents of Dry Hot Air, automatically created, pass 
so rapidly through the INCLINED FLUES, precluding the possibility 
of discoloration, and accounts for the fancy work it does. 

5th. Each tray (or group) first receives the direct or greatest 
heat. Each subsequent tray (or group) takes its place, and puts the 
former out of danger, so that it is almost impossible to burn the fruit 
in continuous working. 

6th. Its evaporating capacity per square foot of tray surface is 
unequaled. 

7th. It will produce a handsomer, brighter-colored and a more 
valuable product than any other portable evaporator. 



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